Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women’s Memory
Marilyn Yalom
308 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0044409184
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Language: English
Publish: 788947200000
18th CenturyFeminismFranceFrench RevolutionGenderHistoryNonfictionResearchWomens
The voices of the women who witnessed the French Revolution are finally restored to history. Yalom focuses on the most unforgettable the governess of the royal children; the servant attending Marie-Antoinette in her last days; Robespierre’s sister, Charlotte; and others bound together by a common nightmare.