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Mistress to an Age: A Life of Madame de Stael
Mistress to an Age A Life of Madame de Stael Author:J. Christopher Herrold Germaine de Stael was one of the most important women in Europe during the cataclysmic eruptions of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars. It was a measure of her greatness that her own voice was heard above the roar. She had a talent for scandal and lived a life of noisy exaggerations; yet the industry of her mind and the enthusiasm o... more »f her emotions reveal a fascinating woman.« less