Dancing to the Precipice
The Life of Lucie de La Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era
By Caroline Moorehead
(Harper, Hardcover, 9780061684418, 496pp.)
Publication Date: June 11, 2009
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Categories: Europe - France, Women
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Description
Moorehead's compelling biography offers the captivating true story of Lucie de la Tour du Pin, an utterly remarkable yet little-known woman who was observer, commentator, and participant in the major social upheavals of late 18th- and early 19th-century Europe. b&w photo insert.
About the Author
The acclaimed author of numerous biographies and works of history, Caroline Moorehead has also written for the Telegraph, the Times, and the Independent.She is the cofounder of a legal-advice center for asylum seekers from Africa; her most recent book, Human Cargo: A Journey Among the Refugees, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. She lives in London.
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