Mistress of the Revolution

DUTTON
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Delors, Catherine.
   Mistress of the Revolution / Catherine Delors.
      p. cm.
   ISBN: 1-4295-9363-6
   1. Young women—Fiction. 2. Aristocracy (Social class)—France—Fiction. 3. France—Social life and customs—18th century—Fiction. 4. France—History—Revolution, 1789–1799—Fiction. 5. Forced marriage—Fiction. 6. Widows—Fiction. 7. First loves—Fiction. 8. Exiles—Fiction. I. Title.
   PS3604.E4473M57 2008
   813' . 6—dc22       2007034494

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