Mistress of the Revolution: A Novel
An impoverished noblewoman, Gabrielle de Montserrat is only fifteen when she meets her first love, a commoner named Pierre-André Coffinhal. But her brother forbids their union, forcing her instead to marry an aging, wealthy cousin. Widowed and a mother before the age of twenty, Gabrielle arrives...
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An impoverished noblewoman, Gabrielle de Montserrat is only fifteen when she meets her first love, a commoner named Pierre-André Coffinhal. But her brother forbids their union, forcing her instead to marry an aging, wealthy cousin. Widowed and a mother before the age of twenty, Gabrielle arrives at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in time to be swept up in the emerging turbulence—and to encounter the man she never expected to see again. Determined and independent, she strives to find her own freedom— as the Revolution takes an ever more violent turn.
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780451225955 (0451225953)
ASIN: 9780451225955
Publish date: 03-03-2009
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Historical Romance,
France,
European History,
18th Century,
French Revolution,
Fiction,
Historical
Amid the present plethora of bestselling novels set in the Tudor Era, there are a few gems in the historical novel genre set during France’s Ancien Régime and Revolutionary Period. “Mistress of the Revolution” is one such priceless gem. It begins in 1780 in France’s Auvergne Region with the arri...
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