Liberty

The ideals of the French Revolution inflamed a longing for liberty and equality within courageous, freethinking women of the era--women who played vital roles in the momentous events that reshaped their nation and the world. In Liberty, Lucy Moore paints a vivid portrait of six extraordinary Frenchwomen from vastly different social and economic backgrounds who helped stoke the fervor and idealism of those years, and who risked everything to make their mark on history.

Germaine de Sta�l was a wealthy, passionate Parisian intellectual--as consumed by love affairs as she was by politics--who helped write the 1791 Constitution. Th�roigne de M�ricourt was an unhappy courtesan who fell in love with revolutionary ideals. Exuberant, decadent Th�r�sia Tallien was a ruthless manipulator instrumental in engineering Robespierre's downfall. Their stories and others provide a fascinating new perspective on one of history's most turbulent epochs.

“"Marvelous."”

"A lively new work by a talented young English historian." -- Washington Times

-- Judith Warner, New York Times Book Review

"A fresh history . . . riveting and revelatory. -- Booklist (starred review)

"Fascinating... an absorbing portrait...She successfully contextualizes each of her subjects within a cultural framework-no small feat." -- Kirkus Reviews

"Engrossing and highly readable . . . Moore makes this much more than a collective biography . . . fascinating." -- Library Journal

Lucy Moore was born in 1970 and educated in Britain and the United States before reading history at Edinburgh University. She is the author of several books, including the critically acclaimed Maharanis. She lives in London.

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