The Resource Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution's women

Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution's women

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Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution's women
Title
Ribbons of scarlet
Title remainder
a novel of the French Revolution's women
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Language
eng
Summary
"The French Revolution comes alive through the eyes of six diverse and complex women, in the skilled hands of these amazing authors."--Martha Hall Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of Lilac Girls ?A breathtaking, epic novel illuminating the hopes, desires, and destinies of princesses and peasants, harlots and wives, fanatics and philosophers-seven unforgettable women whose paths cross during one of the most tumultuous and transformative events in history: the French Revolution. Ribbons of Scarlet is a timely story of the power of women to start a revolution-and change the world. ?In late eighteenth-century France, women do not have a place in politics. But as the tide of revolution rises, women from gilded salons to the streets of Paris decide otherwise-upending a world order that has long oppressed them. ?Blue-blooded Sophie de Grouchy believes in democracy, education, and equal rights for women, and marries the only man in Paris who agrees. Emboldened to fight the injustices of King Louis XVI, Sophie aims to prove that an educated populace can govern itself--but one of her students, fruit-seller Louise Audu, is hungrier for bread and vengeance than learning. When the Bastille falls and Louise leads a women's march to Versailles, the monarchy is forced to bend, but not without a fight. The king's pious sister Princess Elisabeth takes a stand to defend her brother, spirit her family to safety, and restore the old order, even at the risk of her head. ?But when fanatics use the newspapers to twist the revolution's ideals into a new tyranny, even the women who toppled the monarchy are threatened by the guillotine. Putting her faith in the pen, brilliant political wife Manon Roland tries to write a way out of France's blood-soaked Reign of Terror while pike-bearing Pauline Leon and steely Charlotte Corday embrace violence as the only way to save the nation. With justice corrupted by revenge, all the women must make impossible choices to survive--unless unlikely heroine and courtesan's daughter Emilie de Sainte-Amaranthe can sway the man who controls France's fate: the fearsome Robespierre
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Midwest
Dewey number
813/.6
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no index present
Literary form
fiction
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  • Women
  • France
Target audience
adult
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Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution's women
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https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13217379?utm_source=MARC
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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unknown
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1 online resource
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online
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Digital content provided by hoopla
Isbn
9780062916082
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(electronic bk.)
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computer
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rdamedia
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13217379
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MWT13217379
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(MWT)MWT13217379
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Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Ribbons of scarlet : a novel of the French Revolution's women
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https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/13217379?utm_source=MARC
Publication
Distribution
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource
Form of item
online
Governing access note
Digital content provided by hoopla
Isbn
9780062916082
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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13217379
Publisher number
MWT13217379
Specific material designation
remote
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(MWT)MWT13217379
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Mode of access: World Wide Web

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