A Political Romance Léon Gambetta, Léonie Léon and the Making of the French Republic, 1872-82
Description
Léon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Léonie Léon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Léon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris.
Keywords
HistoryEuropeSocial HistoryFranceModernMilitary
2012Book
Author(s)Susan K. Foley
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230206861
LanguageEnglish
