Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de La Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era (Paperback)
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Short Description for Dancing to the Precipice "[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" (Bost
Full description- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Published: 27 July 2010
- Format: Paperback 480 pages
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- Categories: Biography: General | Autobiography: General | Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Gender Studies: Women | European History
- ISBN 13: 9780061684425 ISBN 10: 0061684422
- Sales rank: 100,801
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Full description for Dancing to the Precipice
Her canvases were the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette; the Great Terror; America at the time of Washington and Jefferson; Paris under the Directoire and then under Napoleon; Regency London; the battle of Waterloo; and, for the last years of her life, the Italian ducal courts. She witnessed firsthand the demise of the French monarchy, the wave of the Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and the precipitous rise and fall of Napoleon. Lucie Dillon--a daughter of French and British nobility known in France by her married name, Lucie de la Tour du Pin--was the chronicler of her age. In this compelling biography, Caroline Moorehead illuminates the extraordinary life and remarkable achievements of this strong, witty, elegant, opinionated, and dynamic woman who survived personal tragedy and the devastation wrought by momentous historic events.
