The Académie
By: by Susanne Dunlap
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub. ; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781599905860
Subjects: Interpersonal relations; Family; Aristocracy (Social class); Boarding schools; Schools; History; Fiction
Description: Told in separate voices, teenaged Eliza Monroe, the daughter of a future United States President, Hortense de Beauharnais and Caroline Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon I, and Madeleine, daughter of an actress, come together at L'Académie Nationale à St. Germain in the turmoil of 1799 France.