In the aftermath of the French Revolution, three women who have fled France�the straitlaced aristocrat Emilie, her lighthearted maid Jos�phine, and the worldly Constance�try to make new lives for themselves in Altendorf, Germany. Their exper...
In the aftermath of the French Revolution, three women who have fled France--the straitlaced aristocrat Emilie, her lighthearted maid Joséphine, and the worldly Constance--try to make new lives for themselves in Altendorf, Germany. Their experien...
The only available English translation of writings by an Enlightenment-era Dutch aristocrat, writer, composer-and woman. Born Dutch, noble, and free-spirited, Isabelle de Charrière (also known as Belle de Zuylen) was an enlightened woman whose w...