false 1706794 3 "London, this 25th of January 1815. I read this morning in the papers that the corpses of the late King and Queen of France, by order of their brother, the restored Louis the Eighteenth, were exhumed from their grave in the former graveyard of La Madeleine, which has since become a private garden. The remains were removed with royal honours to the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the resting place of the Kings and Queens of France for twelve centuries." An exiled Frenchwoman, Gabrielle de Monserrat, begins a memoir of her days before and during the French Revolution. Gabrielle, the youngest daughter of a family of the impoverished nobility, recalls her journey through hardships and betrayals. A widow at seventeen with a young daughter, Gabrielle is released into the world of Paris nobility. Determined and inquisitive, with little money and few prospects, she strives to find her own path to freedom. Around her, the French people attempt to build a utopia based on the ideals of liberty and equality. Differing currents of thought clash over the fate of a nation as the Revolution takes an ever more violent turn. Yet Gabrielle survives, maintaining her humanity and sense of decency. On occasion, she glimpses her first love as he ascends from obscure patriot to one of the most passionate architects of the new order. At last she reaches for him and an impossible happiness. As Gabrielle writes on, twenty years later, political events again overtake her and she realizes that her tale is more than an evocation of the past. It is the truth she owes her children. 1703956 13 3 2008 Mistress of the Revolution total:145|5:46|4:58|3:29|2:7|1:5| 145 568 337 43 5 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 21 10:45:06 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 05 06:39:19 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 16:54:21 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 16:56:27 -0700 2008 "Mistress of the Revolution" by Catherine Delors possesses all the elements of the finest modern historical fiction. Beautifully written, the reader is carried immediately into the France of the past. The main characters are very human, with foibles, sins, strengths, and potential fo...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 25 11:09:48 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 20 01:52:31 -0700 2008
This book reads like a memoir, the heroine is looking back on her past and t...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 21:14:50 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 01 13:17:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 06:01:21 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 06:04:55 -0700 2008
This is the story of Gabrielle de Montserrat, a young noblewoman who runs into trouble by falling in love with a commoner a few years before the Revolution. Gabrielle is forced by her family to marry a brutal cousin three
times her age.

Soon widowed w...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 23 17:43:54 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 23 18:32:46 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 13:20:26 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 10 12:19:03 -0700 2008 ¶ "Mistress of the Revolution" (Dutton, 464 pages, $24.95), by Catherine Delors: Raised in an impoverished aristocratic family by her penny-pinching mother and lascivious brother, Gabrielle de Montserrat is forced into a brutal marriage at 15.
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