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.
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.
Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era
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ISBN-13: | 9780061684425 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins |
Publication date: | 07/27/2010 |
Pages: | 480 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.90(d) |