Abbott tells the life of Manon Phlipon, the engraver’s daughter who became Madame Roland, from her studious childhood and youth to her marriage, her salon at the heart of the Girondist party, and the arrests and terror of 1793. He draws heavily on her own memoirs, admiring her intellect and fortitude.
A short, readable life from Abbott’s Makers of History series. Download the free EPUB.