Author: Francine du Plessix Gray
Publisher: Atlas and Company
ISBN: 9781934633212
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
A profile of the Revolution and Napoleonic era's celebrated woman of letters discusses her upbringing in political and intellectual circles as the daughter of Louis XVI's minister of finances, her controversial affairs with some of the most influential men of her time, and her progressive ideals that prompted repeated exiles. 20,000 first printing.