Four Frenchwomen [French Women]

207 pp. Navy blue cloth, gilt titles and fleur-de-lis decoration, engraved frontispiece portrait of Mademoiselle de Corday (also known as Charlotte Corday). Brief biographies of four French women: Mademoiselle de Corday; Madame Roland; The Princess de Lamballe; Madame de Genlis. Corday is best known for assassinating radical Jacobin leader Jean-Paul Marat. Jeanne Marie Roland was a revolutionary whose letters and memoirs became famous for recording the state of mind that conditioned the events leading to the revolution. Princesse de Lamballe was an Italian noblewoman and member of the Houe of Savoy, and married a very wealthy French nobleman. Madame de Genlis was known for her novels, journals, and theories on children's education.