Madame de Stael: The First Modern Woman

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I loved this book!Carolyn See Washington Post Of political and intellectual prominence the daughter of Jacques Necker and the wife of Swedens ambassador to the French court Madame de Stal held the limelight as a philosopher political figure and prolific writer. She was demonized by Napoleon for her forthrightness her intellect and her progressive salon. Force of nature and ultimate enthusiast Madame de Stal struggled against all that was tyrannical or passionless in her time leaving Europe a legacy of enlightened liberalism.