{"product_id":"dancing-to-the-precipice-the-life-of-lucie-de-la-tour-du-pin-eyewitness-to-an-era-9780061684425","title":"Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Vogue\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis definitive French Revolution biography brings a turbulent era to life through the eyes of one of its most resilient observers, chronicling: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLife at Versailles: \u003c\/b\u003e An insider's account of the glittering, decadent, and treacherous court of Louis XVI in the final years before the fall of the French monarchy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSurviving the Terror: \u003c\/b\u003e A harrowing narrative of how Lucie navigated the most dangerous days of the French Revolution, witnessing friends and family arrested and sent to the guillotine.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEscape to America: \u003c\/b\u003e The remarkable story of an aristocratic family building a new life as farmers in upstate New York, grappling with a rugged landscape and new democratic ideals.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Bourbon Restoration: \u003c\/b\u003e A firsthand perspective on the return of the French kings and the complex social landscape of post-Napoleonic Paris, including friendships with figures like Talleyrand and the Duke of Wellington.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Moorehead\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/27\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061684425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoorehead, Caroline:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaroline Moorehead is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of the \u003cem\u003eResistance Quartet\u003c\/em\u003e, which includes \u003cem\u003eA Bold and Dangerous Family\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eVillage of Secrets\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eA Train in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eHuman Cargo\u003c\/em\u003e, a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. An acclaimed biographer, she has written for the \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/em\u003e. She lives in London and Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45069839597683,"sku":"9780061684425","price":20.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_d2fe87cf-5971-40b4-8442-43094daef53e.jpg?v=1780604861","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/dancing-to-the-precipice-the-life-of-lucie-de-la-tour-du-pin-eyewitness-to-an-era-9780061684425","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}