The New Biography
Subtitle: Performing Femininity in Nineteenth-Century France (Studies on the History of Society and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780520221413
Subjects: European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European studies; Social history; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; History: World; Europe; Europe - France; Feminism & Feminist Theory; History / General; World - General; 19th century; Biography; Feminism; Feminists; France; History; Motherhood in popular culture
First sentence: After an exceedingly shaky start, interrupted by the brief return of Napoleon in 1815, the restored Bourbon dynasty managed to hold onto the throne of France for a mere decade and a half.