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The Life of Madame Necker

Sin, Redemption and the Parisian Salon

Sonja Boon author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:1st Apr '11

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Madame Necker occupies a unique position in French social and cultural history. This study breaks new ground by examining the profoundly corporeal nature of Madame Necker’s life – her debilitating, decades-long psychic and somatic suffering and subsequent curious death.

'a fascinating psychological examination of this famous eighteenth-century salonniere's life' Journal of Historical Biography 'Original and contains many insights.' European Romantic Review

ISBN: 9781848930568

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 408g

192 pages