Compelled To Witness: Women's Memoirs of the French Revolution

Compelled To Witness: Women's Memoirs of the French Revolution

From Marie Antoinette during her final days in prison, to Charlotte Robespierre, the sister of the man responsible for ordering hundreds to the guillotine, women on both sides of the revolution were bound together by a common nightmare. Join Stanford professor Marilyn Yalom, as she uncovers first-person accounts of more than eighty remarkable women memoiristsâ€”of all ages and backgrounds, all victims of the French Revolution. ---â€œSeven heads fell to the acclamation of that mad crowd, which, fortunately for me, was too captivated by this bloody scene to notice my flight and my fearâ€¦â€ -Alexandrine des Ã‰cherolles, then fourteen years old, describing executions by guillotine in the public square of Lyon, France. â€œThe murder of my father, before my very eyes, filled me with rage and despair. From this moment onâ€¦.I swore to fight until death or victory.â€-RenÃ©e Bordereau, a peasant woman, who disguised herself as a man and fought as a counterrevolutionary solider in more than two hundred battles. ----Compelled to Witness: Womenâ€™s Memoirs of the French Revolution has garnered critical acclaim from colleagues and reviewers since its original publication as Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Womenâ€™s Memory.â€œThis masterfully crafted book adds a new dimension to our understanding of the French Revolution.â€ â€“ Library Journalâ€œâ€¦a thoughtful feminist analysis of the French Revolution.â€ â€“ Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Astor and Lenox LLC
Manufacturer Astor & Lenox
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780986058226
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Astor and Lenox LLC
Manufacturer	Astor & Lenox
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780986058226
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00