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The French Lesson
Hallie Rubenhold
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Description for The French Lesson
Paperback. Henrietta Lightfoot trips on her silk gown as she runs for her life along the bloodstained streets of revolutionary Paris. She finds refuge in the lavish home of Grace Dalyrmple Elliott, one of the old regime's most powerful courtesans. But heads are beginning to roll. Series: Henrietta Lightfoot. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; FH; FJH; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 296 x 27. Weight in Grams: 254.
For fans of TV dramas like 'Victoria', 'Downton Abbey' and 'Poldark' 'A riveting novel of female intrigue, betrayal and revenge in the French Revolution. Read it!' LUCY WORSLEY PARIS, 1792 It was a head, but one so bloodied, so rolled in filth, that it was scarcely recognisable but for its long red curls. It had been stuck on a pike like a lump of bread upon a toasting fork ... Henrietta Lightfoot trips on her silk gown as she runs for her life along the bloodstained streets of ... Read more
For fans of TV dramas like 'Victoria', 'Downton Abbey' and 'Poldark' 'A riveting novel of female intrigue, betrayal and revenge in the French Revolution. Read it!' LUCY WORSLEY PARIS, 1792 It was a head, but one so bloodied, so rolled in filth, that it was scarcely recognisable but for its long red curls. It had been stuck on a pike like a lump of bread upon a toasting fork ... Henrietta Lightfoot trips on her silk gown as she runs for her life along the bloodstained streets of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Henrietta Lightfoot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784162153
SKU
V9781784162153
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About Hallie Rubenhold
Hallie Rubenhold is a historian and broadcaster and an authority on womens' lives in the 18th century. She has worked as a curator for the National Portrait Gallery and as a university lecturer. Her first novel, Mistress of My Fate was received with great acclaim and her biography, Lady Worsley's Whim, was made into the hit BBC drama The Scandalous ... Read more
Reviews for The French Lesson
Henrietta Lightfoot's exploits in Revolutionary France are irresistible. She's a heroine you can't put down.
LUCY WORSLEY
A deliciously dark novel
Red Magazine
Georgette Heyer meets Flashman ... A gleefully modern retelling of a juicy chapter in history
The Times
Rubenhold unfolds a complicated plot with great dexterity, ... Read more
LUCY WORSLEY
A deliciously dark novel
Red Magazine
Georgette Heyer meets Flashman ... A gleefully modern retelling of a juicy chapter in history
The Times
Rubenhold unfolds a complicated plot with great dexterity, ... Read more