Dancing to the Precipice: The Life of Lucie de la Tour Du Pin, Eyewitness to an Era

by Caroline Moorehead

Book Overview

"[A] remarkable biography....Moorehead deftly wields periods detail...to tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics."
--Vogue

From acclaimed biographer Caroline Moorhead comes Dancing to the Precipice, a sweeping chronicle of the remarkable life of Lucie de la Tour du Pin--"an astute, thoroughly engaging biography of a formidable woman" (Boston Globe) who, over the span...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061684422
• ISBN13: 9780061684425
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"