Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era

by Caroline Moorehead

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"[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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0061684422

ISBN13:9780061684425

Release Date:July 2010

Publisher:Harper Perennial

Length:512 Pages

Weight:1.25 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Europe France Historical History Specific Groups Women Women in History

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