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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.
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"To Lucie's record, Moorhead brings an assured grip on contemporary politics and a colourful sense of place."
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Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation: her diaries provide a vivid picture of Versailles, the French Revolution and Napoleon. This richly textured, highly enjoyable and evocative biography shows us an extraordinary woman in the midst of her extraordinary times.
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- PublisherHarper Perennial
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0061684422
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