num_pages: 235
description: An examination of 18th-century France through the eyes of Marie-Louise Murphy, an Irish adventuress who gets caught up in the dramas of revolution and the Age of Enlightenment. She becomes the mistress of Louis XV and narrowly escapes death at the hands of the revolutionaries in 1789.
language: English
title: Our lady of the potatoes
titlecomplete: Our lady of the potatoes
characters: Marie-Louise O'Murphy, Louis XV of France
genres: French Revolution, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 70
publisher: Faber and Faber