The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these amazing authors.Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac GirlsA breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophersseven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history the French Revolution.Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolutionand change the world.In late eighteenthcentury France, women do not have a place in politics.But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwiseupending a world order that has long oppressed them.Blueblooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itselfbut one of her students, fruitseller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a womens march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The kings pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head.But when fanatics use the newspapers to...

Binding: Paperback;560 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: DQ; Weight: 516 g; Dimensions: 134 x 203 x 23

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