Name: Mistress of the Revolution
ISBN: 9780451225955

Catherine Delors

Forced to marry an elderly baron instead of a man she loves, impoverished noblewoman Gabrielle de Montserrat is condemned along with Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette at the height of the French Revolution and finds her life placed in the hands of her former lover. Reprint.

Mistress of the Revolution

Forced to marry an elderly baron instead of a man she loves, impoverished noblewoman Gabrielle de Montserrat is condemned to death at the height of the French Revolution and finds her life placed in the hands of her former lover.

Shaana Juntunen Cooper

I read this so many years ago and I loved it so much. It was one of the first books in my life that made me feel so many emotions. I even cried and almost threw the book across the room in anger. I think about this book often and I might be due for a reread.

Janet Doré

Well, I thought I knew what went down during the French Revolution...I had some pretty major details flat out wrong. I was pretty stunned by what I learned, which is reason enough for me to love this book. The other reason is Gabrielle, the main character, narrator, and relatable survivor of this amazing story. 

I've always said it's quite likely, if presented with the option, I would have been a courtesan during this time when women were seen largely as property. Now, I have no doubt.

Mistress of the Revolution

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