Memoirs: Laughing and Dancing Our Way to the Precipice

by Henrietta-Lucy Dillon de la Tour du Pin Gouvernet and Henriette-Lucy, Marquise de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet

'A story of a simple but straightforward woman, caught up in the complications of the French Revolution' Economist

Madame de la Tour du Pin was born Henrietta-Lucy Dillon in Paris in 1770. An aristocrat, she spent her youth surrounded by wealth and luxury. In regular attendance at Marie Antoinette's Sunday courts, she was, by her own account, 'outstanding in any gathering', rivalling even the Queen in beauty.

At the age of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 186046548X
• ISBN13: 9781860465482
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Harvill Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.7"