About “Mistress to an Age”

Mistress to an Age is a biography of Germaine de Stael, detailing her life as a prominent intellectual and political figure in late 18th- and early 19th-century Europe. The book covers her opposition to Napoleon, her involvement with major thinkers and politicians of her time, her salon in Paris, her marriages and relationships, and her influential writings, including A Treatise on the Influence of the Passions upon the Happiness of Individuals and of Nations" and "On Literature.

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Published
1958
Latest edition
1958 · ISBN 9780809436545
ISBN
9780809436545

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Mistress to an Age by J. Christopher Herold has 614 pages.

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