Madame de Stael's account of Napoleonic France, as bona fide students know, not only provides intelligent observations on...

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TEN YEARS OF EXILE

Madame de Stael's account of Napoleonic France, as bona fide students know, not only provides intelligent observations on Bonaparte and his ""despotic organization"" but reveals the woman herself -- as lover of Talleyrand, novelist Benjamin Constant, poet August Wilhelm yon Schlegel among others, she played 18th-century sexual politics with more than average joie de vivre.

Pub Date: Jan. 22, 1972

ISBN: 0875802559

Page Count: -

Publisher: Saturday Review Press

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Jan. 1, 1972

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