Dancing to the Precipice
The Life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era
Nonfiction, History, France, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Caroline Moorehead | ISBN: | 9780061887529 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books | Publication: | June 30, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Caroline Moorehead |
| ISBN: | 9780061887529 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Publication: | June 30, 2009 |
| Imprint: | HarperCollins e-books |
| Language: | English |
“[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.
“[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.
