by Duncan Sprott (Author)
An examination of 18th-century France through the eyes of Marie-Louise Murphy, an Irish adventuress who gets caught up in the dramas of revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. She becomes the mistress of Louis XV and narrowly escapes death at the hands of the revolutionaries in 1789.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 05 May 1997
ISBN 10: 0571174590
ISBN 13: 9780571174591