Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary

Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France – An Extraordinary Political History of Courage and World-Changing Ideals

The ideals of the French Revolution inflamed a longing for liberty and equality within courageous, freethinking women of the eraâ€”women who played vital roles in the momentous events that reshaped their nation and the world. In Liberty, Lucy Moore paints a vivid portrait of six extraordinary Frenchwomen from vastly different social and economic backgrounds who helped stoke the fervor and idealism of those years, and who risked everything to make their mark on history.
Germaine de StaÃ«l was a wealthy, passionate Parisian intellectualâ€”as consumed by love affairs as she was by politicsâ€”who helped write the 1791 Constitution. ThÃ©roigne de MÃ©ricourt was an unhappy courtesan who fell in love with revolutionary ideals. Exuberant, decadent ThÃ©rÃ©sia Tallien was a ruthless manipulator instrumental in engineering Robespierre's downfall. Their stories and others provide a fascinating new perspective on one of history's most turbulent epochs.
Country USA
Brand Harper Perennial
Manufacturer Harper Perennial
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, colour illu
ReleaseDate 2008-05-27
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780060825270

Country	USA
Brand	Harper Perennial
Manufacturer	Harper Perennial
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations, colour illu
ReleaseDate	2008-05-27
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780060825270

Liberty: The Lives and Times of Six Women in Revolutionary France – An Extraordinary Political History of Courage and World-Changing Ideals