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Bluebird, or The Invention of Happiness
Bluebird or The Invention of Happiness
Author: Sheila Kohler
Acclaimed author Sheila Kohler's sweeping historical novel, Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness, is based on the life of Lucy Dillon, an eighteenth-century French aristocrat. Wrenched from the court of Marie Antoinette by the Reign of Terror, the brave and resilient Lucy escapes with her family to the freedom and hardships of a ne...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780425219614
ISBN-10: 0425219615
Publication Date: 3/4/2008
Pages: 384
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2.9 stars, based on 17 ratings
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Sheila Kohler writes an engaging novel of the life a French aristocrat, Henriette Lucy Dillon, who is of Irish origin. Lucy is passionate, courageous, beautiful, witty. She survives the "terror" that sweeps France in the wake of the French Revolution. Lucy & her husband, Frederic, escape France with their two small children; crossing the rough Atlantic ocean in a small boat for Boston. When they arrive Lucy immediately wastes no time in making a farm life for her family; a great contrast from their life in France. Lucy meets challenges & adventure, being energized by freedom they have found in America. A compelling and fascinating read.


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