Published by Peter Halban London, 2002
ISBN 10: 1870015797 ISBN 13: 9781870015790
Seller: Postscript Books, Newton Abbot, DEVON, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Madame du Deffand's intelligence and 'taste for defiance' were notable from childhood and after being forced to marry a husband ill-suited to her she threw herself into Regency Paris society, where her infidelity and opinions shocked even the most liberal-minded. This volume makes use of her extensive correspondence, particularly with Voltaire, Montesquieu and Horace Walpole, to trace her unconventional life. Slightly off-mint.
Published by Peter Halban, London, UK, 1994
ISBN 10: 1870015517 ISBN 13: 9781870015516
Seller: All Lost Books, Wollaston, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: USED_VERYGOOD. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Biography of a woman who spent forty years of the eighteenth century at the centre of Paris life and was famed for her non-traditional female role, her many contacts, including Voltaire and her many affairs. 481pp.