Enchantress: Marthe Bibesco and Her World.
Christine Sutherland.
Place Published: New York, NY, U.S.A.:
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC,
Date Published: 1996.
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION. 318 pages with index plus 8 pages of black and white photos. The book is VERY GOOD++ with lightly cocked spine and sticker on ffep. A very tight, clean copy. The dust jacket is FINE and comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor...and other curious people. Dust jacket reads: Born at the turn of the century in Bucharest, Romania-descendant of the rulers of Byzantium, daughter of the Romanian minister of foreign affairs, married to the heir of the Hospodar of Walachia-Princess Marthe Bibesco had looks, talent, and a cosmopolitan education. She went on to become one of the most acclaimed international writers and intellectuals of her day. Winner of the Prix de l' Academie Franaise and admired by Marcel Proust, Edith Wharton, Anatole France, and Andre Gide, she was also a confidante and close friend of Europe's leading politicians and monarchs. Yet Marthe's life, for all its privilege, elegance, and achievement, was also hostage to history. In the first English-language biography of Princess Bibesco, Christine Sutherland brings back to life this courageous, unconventional woman, whose passion for literature, European politics, and the folk traditions of her remote country sustained her through two bloody world wars, the collapse of the old aristocratic order, a stormy marriage, and, eventually, the loss of her wealth, her home, and the promise of a free, democratic Romania. The life of Marthe Bibesco is a parable for our century, and a dramatic and representative story of a woman who, in the words of General de Gaulle, united the various aspects of Europe, old and new.
Edition: First editionBinding: 1/4 cloth
Condition: Very Good in Fine DJ
ISBN: 0374148147
Book Id: 17494
Price: $26.50
