Sophie De Tott: Artist In a Time of Revolution (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781716769443)

The extraordinary life of Sophie de Tott, an artist, writer, musician and secret agent who witnessed the French Revolution first hand. Born in Constantinople, she came to France as a young woman and resisted all attempts tp force her into a marriage of convenience, preferring to train as a painter and be independent. She was adopted by the Comtesse de Tessé, who hosted a leading intellectual salon in Paris, until they had to flee the country during the revolution. De Tott lived in Switzerland and Germany where she earned her living as a portrait painter before coming as a refugee to England. She wrote a tragic novel that mirrored her own unhappy love-life. She knew many of the most famous people of her time, including the French monarchs and Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States. This biography becomes a detective story in seeking to unravel the truth about her secret love-child and the lengths she went to in order to avoid scandal. Julia Gasper is the author of "Elizabeth Craven: Writer, Feminist and European".

Author: Julia Gasper
ISBN-10: 1716769442
ISBN-13: 9781716769443
Publisher: Lulu.com
Language: English
Published: 04/11/2020
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d