DANCING TO THE PRECIPICE: LUCIE DE LA TOUR DU PIN AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

DANCING TO THE PRECIPICE: LUCIE DE LA TOUR DU PIN AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION Book

Mixing politics and court intrigue, social observation and everyday details about food, work, illness, children, manners and clothes, this book paints a portrait of an era - lasting three-quarters of a century - that saw the fortunes of France, as well as those of Lucie Dillon herself, rise and fall and rise again.Read More

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  • Foyles

    Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation. She witnessed, participated in, and wrote diaries detailing one of the most tumultuous periods of history. From life in the Court of Versailles, through the French Revolution to Napoleon's rule, Lucie survived extraordinary times with great spirit. She recorded people, politics and intrigue, alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food, work, illness, children, manners and clothes. Caroline Moorehead's richly novelistic biography sets Lucy and her dairies in their wider context, illuminating a remarkable period of history.Dancing to the Precipice was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2009.

  • ASDA

    A biography of Lucie de la Tour du Pin. It includes details about her life in the Court of Versailles through the French Revolution to Napoleon's rule. It reveals how she recorded people politics and intrigue alongside the intriguing minutia of everyday life: food work illness children manners and clothes.

  • 0099490528
  • 9780099490524
  • Caroline Moorehead
  • Vintage
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 496
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