TEN YEARS OF EXILE or memoirs of that interesting period of the life of the Baroness de Stael-Holstein written by herself during the years 1810, 1811, 1812 and 1813.
First published by her son from the original manuscript in 1812. This new edition is introduced by Margaret Crosland. Pp. [iv]+xxvi+434, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; black boards, spine blocked in white and lettered in gilt, the boards slightly canted, top fore-corner of upper board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the backstrip lightly browned; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves slightly soiled and foxed; Centaur Press Ltd., Fontwell, Sussex, 1968. *In 1802 Napoleon decided that there was no room in France for both himself and Madame de Stael, and he therefore sent into exile the woman whose intelligent liberal views were potentially dangerous for him. At first she was banished from Paris, and later, after the suppression of her book on Germany, from France.' [wrapper blurb]. Item #173056
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