| Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era Contributor(s): Moorehead, Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061684422 ISBN-13: 9780061684425 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | Europe - France - History | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (1.18 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - French |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: " A] remarkable biography....Moorehead deftly wields periods detail...to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics." --Vogue From acclaimed biographer Caroline Moorhead comes Dancing to the Precipice, a sweeping chronicle of the remarkable life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin--"an astute, thoroughly engaging biography of a formidable woman" (Boston Globe) who, over the span of some 80 years, was witness to, and often a participant in the major social upheavals of eighteenth-century French history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moorehead, Caroline: - Caroline Moorehead is the New York Times bestselling author of Village of Secrets: Defying the Nazis in Vichy France; A Train in Winter: An Extraordinary Story of Women, Friendship, and Resistance in Occupied France; and Human Cargo: A Journey Among Refugees, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. An acclaimed biographer, Moorehead has also written for the New York Review of Books, the Guardian, the Times, and the Independent. She lives in London and Italy. |