Mistress of the Revolution
By Catherine Delors
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Pub. Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0525950547
Pages: 451
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance?
Source: public library
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By Catherine Delors
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Pub. Date: 2008
ISBN: 978-0525950547
Pages: 451
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance?
Source: public library
Goodreads
Reading Challenge
Buy Link
Review:
A few years ago, I
discovered Catherine Delors through her excellent historical novel For
The King, so I decided to read her previous one, Mistress of the Revolution.
The book opens in
London in 1815, about 20 years after the French Revolution. The narrator
Gabrielle de Montserrat reminisces about
these events and the following years by writing about them.
After difficult beginnings
in the Auvergne region, she is taken to Paris and presented at the court of
Versailles, where she is introduced to all the intrigues and affairs. She is
helped financially by Villers (a Duchess’s son) and becomes his lover. He gets
politically involved, on the wrong side when monarchy is soon to be ended.
Gabrielle is by now
lady-in-waiting to the Countess of Provence (the king’s sister-in-law). She
ends up getting arrested herself. Will she humble herself, and try to get help
from Pierre-André, the sweet heart of her youth, a commoner who made his way up
and has now strong political influence in Paris? Would he or even could he
really help her?
I’ll let you read
the book to figure out.
I found the novel to
be somewhat longer than needed. However, the author did an amazing job on the historical
background, before, during, and after the French Revolution, with all the main
characters and political parties of the time, basically from 1784 to 1794,
including a bit on Napoleon.
There were fantastic
descriptions of life at Versailles, reflecting quite well it seems what the
common French people thought about Marie-Antoinette once she became queen.
There’s hardly any sympathy at all shown here in the narrative toward her.
There was maybe a
bit too much of romance elements in this historical novel for me, but it will
make it dearer to those who like the mix of romance and historical novel.
Come this way please to know more about it and watch a great trailer!
*Disclaimer - I checked
out this book at my public library
About the
Author:
Author of Mistress
of the Revolution and For the King (publication date: July 8, 2010).
Both are historical novels set in Paris around the time of the French
Revolution.
Catherine was born and raised in France. She is also an attorney with an international practice, and splits her time between Paris, London and Los Angeles.
Visit her blog, Versailles and more, at http://blog.catherinedelors.com. [Goodreads]
Catherine was born and raised in France. She is also an attorney with an international practice, and splits her time between Paris, London and Los Angeles.
Visit her blog, Versailles and more, at http://blog.catherinedelors.com. [Goodreads]
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