The French Lesson by Hallie Rubenhold
For fans of TV dramas like 'Victoria', 'Downton Abbey' and 'Versailles' '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 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. Outside, the guillotine mercilessly claims its victims, while inside society's gilded salons, Henrietta becomes a pawn in a vicious power game. How will she survive in a world where no one can be trusted? 'A gleefully modern retelling of a juicy chapter in history' The Times 'Rubenhold unfolds a complicated plot with great dexterity' Sunday Times 'Compelling, operatic, modern' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE 'Dark and delicious' Red Magazine
Henrietta Lightfoot's exploits in Revolutionary France are irresistibleShe'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, brilliantly evoking a society in which traditional bonds are being sundered. * Sunday Times *
'Compelling and operatic . . . Reads like a modern thriller' * SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, author of The Romanovs *
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, brilliantly evoking a society in which traditional bonds are being sundered. * Sunday Times *
'Compelling and operatic . . . Reads like a modern thriller' * SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE, author of The Romanovs *
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 Lady W. She lives in London with her husband. Chat with her on Twitter @HallieRubenhold
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385618892 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385618891 |
| Title | The French Lesson |
| Author | Hallie Rubenhold |
| Series | Henrietta Lightfoot |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-04-21 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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