{"product_id":"the-salon-of-madame-necker-paperback-9781108034814","title":"The Salon of Madame Necker (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108034814","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Salon of Madame Necker\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA biography from 1882 describing the life of Madame Necker and her brilliant salon in pre-Revolutionary France.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron Comte d'Haussonville (Author), Henry M. Trollope (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108034814, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 8 December 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e342 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSuzanne Curchod (1737–94) was living at Lausanne when she agreed to marry the young Edward Gibbon, but the engagement was broken off. Employed as companion to the then fiancée of Jacques Necker (1732–1804), later the finance minister of Louis XVI, she married him in 1764. Their only daughter, Anne Louise Germaine, is better known as Madame de Staël. Madame Necker was eager for her husband, a wealthy banker, to pursue a political career, but Jacques Necker's efforts towards financial reform made him unpopular at court, and his dismissal in July 1789 was one of the triggers for the French Revolution. His subsequent failure to control events led to his retirement to Switzerland in 1790. Volume 1 of this biography, written by a descendant, the comte d'Haussonville, and published in English in 1882, describes Suzanne's early life, her marriage, and the establishment of her brilliant Paris salon.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. The archives at Coppet\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Curchod family - the parsonage at Crassier - society in Lausanne\u003cbr\u003e 3. Gibbon\u003cbr\u003e 4. Death of M. and Mme. Curchod - Mme. de Vermenoux - departure for Paris - M. Necker - marriage\u003cbr\u003e 5. The fridays: Marmontel, and the Abbé Morellet\u003cbr\u003e 6. Grimm and Diderot\u003cbr\u003e 7. D'Alembert - Mademoiselle de Lespinasse - the Abbé Galliani - Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - Dorat\u003cbr\u003e 8. The ladies: Madame de Vermenoux - Madame Geoffrin - La Maréchale de Luxembourg - La Duchesse de Lauzun\u003cbr\u003e 9. La Marquis de Deffand - La Marquise de la Ferté-Imbault - Madame de Marchais\u003cbr\u003e 10. La Comtesse d'Houdetot\u003cbr\u003e 11. The gentlemen: Moultou\u003cbr\u003e 12. Buffon: his correspondence with Madame Necker - his last days\u003cbr\u003e 13. Thomas.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266042122520,"sku":"9781108034814","price":28.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108034814i.jpg?v=1694873814","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-salon-of-madame-necker-paperback-9781108034814","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}