Dancing to the Precipice: Lucie de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution - Couverture souple

Moorehead, Caroline

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0099490528 ISBN 13 : 9780099490524

Editeur : Vintage, 2010

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Brings to life both Lucie and the glorious and terrible years through which she lived with a novelistic vividness, full of sights and sounds and flavours' Sunday Times

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.

'A scintillating biography...Moorehead succeeds triumphantly [and] brings an assured grip on contemporary politics and a colourful sense of place' Daily Telegraph

'Lucie de la Tour de Pin has found a biographer worthy of her own storytelling skills. With a light-handed touch, Moorehead sets Lucie's story in its wider context, sketching the complicated political twists and turns in a way that makes them memorable without ever dumbing down' Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday

Revue de presse :

"Utterly captivating... brings to life both Lucie and the glorious and terrible years through which she lived with a novelistic vividness, full of sights and sounds and flavours" (Sunday Times)

"A scintillating biography...Moorehead succeeds triumphantly [and] brings an assured grip on contemporary politics and a colourful sense of place" (Daily Telegraph)

"A rich and satisfying book which not only adds to our appreciation of Madame de la Tour du Pin's story but brings the whole tumultuous period and its characters to life" (Spectator)

"Lucie de la Tour de Pin has found a biographer worthy of her own storytelling skills. With a light-handed touch, Moorehead sets Lucie's story in its wider social and historical context, sketching the complicated political twists and turns in a way that makes them memorable without ever dumbing down" (Kathryn Hughes Mail on Sunday)

"Never less than a gripping story of an extraordinary life" (Literary Review)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0099490528
• ISBN 13: 9780099490524
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528