A Woman, a Man, and Two Kingdoms
The Story of Madame d'Epinay and the Abbe Galiani

After reading several books on Ben Franklin earlier in the year, I was looking forward to finding similar portraits of great personalities in European circles during the Enlightenment period. Although I was not wholly disappointed with the actual drawing of the main characters of this unfolding narr......more

At first I had a hard time getting into this book but as it went along I found myself geeking out on details of Paris and the royal families.as an avid letter writer I love that these letters have been saved and the book explains circumstances and details that make the letters comprehensive to the r......more