The Salon of Madame Necker |
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| Author:
| d'Haussonville, Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron Comte |
| Translator:
| Trollope, Henry M. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Library Collection - European History Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-139-08447-5 |
| Publication Date: | May 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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Suzanne Curchod (1737-94) married Jacques Necker (1732-1804), later the finance minister of Louis XVI, in 1764; their daughter was Madame de Staël. This biography, written by a descendant, the comte d'Haussonville, and published in 1882, describes her life and her brilliant salon in pre-Revolutionary France.
Suzanne Curchod (1737-94) married Jacques Necker (1732-1804), later the finance minister of Louis XVI, in 1764; their daughter was Madame de Staël. This biography, written by a descendant, the comte d'Haussonville, and published in 1882, describes her life and her brilliant salon in pre-Revolutionary France.