Editorial Reviews
Frank Paul Bowman, University of Pennsylvania
"Part autobiography, part memoir, part polemic, this admirably translated and presented book makes fascinating reading."
Book Description
Capturing the Napoleonic period's most politically outspoken woman, this edition of Dix Années d'Exil is the powerful memoir of Germaine de Staël's tumultuous flight across Europe just ahead of Napoleon's army. Translated by an award-winning scholar, Ten Years of Exile is the only unabridged English edition of this strong-minded and passionate woman's personal and political journal.
During the French Revolution, Mme. de Staël's salon became a brilliant center of political and intellectual life. Staël herself helped to introduce Napoleon to French society, yet like other liberals in the Constitutional Club, she soon came to oppose the increasingly powerful general. He in turn banished her from Paris in 1803 for her liberal ideas.
In exile, Staël continued to agitate against the new master of France. After Napoleon's defeat, Staël returned to Paris and again received ministers, generals, and sovereigns in her revived salon. Her memoir provides penetrating insights into the society of Napoleonic Europe and vivid portraits of the leading figures of the age, including the emperor himself.
Ten Years of Exile
Ten Years of Exile,Stael,Germaine De Stael,Avriel H. Goldberger,Northern Illinois University Press,0875802559,(Anne-Louise-Germaine),,1766-1817,19th century,Authors, French,Biography,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Exile,France,French Prose,Historical - General,Intellectual life,Intellectuals,Literary,Madame de,Stael,,Women,Biography: historical,Europe,European history: c 1750 to c 1900,French,Novels, other prose & writers: 16th to 18th centuries,Political oppression & persecution,c 1800 to c 1900
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