“On the whole, women memoirists did not treat the leaders of the Revolution kindly. Mme Roland called them ‘pygmies’ and concluded that France had exhausted its manpower. Mme de Staël was more generous in her appraisal of certain men—her father, La Fayette, and even Mirabea—but she too recognized the lack of worthy men after 1791.”
Yalom restores to history the voices of the women who witnessed the French Revolution.
Author: Marilyn Yalom
Title: Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women’s Memory
Edition: First Edition, first printing
Published: New York: Basic Books, 1993
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 308p
Condition: Near fine copy in near fine dust jacket—in new protector.
Comments: Clean copy
