Forced to marry an abusive Baron instead of the man she loves, Gabrielle de Montserrat finds herself widowed and with a young daughter before she is seventeen. Moving to Paris, she finds herself involved in the French Revolution and must escape death an imprisonment many times as a
ci-devant Baroness. She finds protection in her former lover, now a powerful judge in the new republic, and loses many friends and family members in the war. Catherine Delors does a magnificent job of portraying first a decadent and then a turbulent Paris in the late-1700's. The characters are well-developed and very real. The story is fast-paced and grabs you from the start. It is a very good read and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a good historical read.
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