Join BookBrowse today and get access to free books, our twice monthly digital magazine, and more.

Was a memorial  for a playwright the seed of the French Revolution over 100 years later?

Sandra Gulland on 17th-century French theater, and a moving people's protest against authority.



Five years ago I went to Paris to research the life of Mademoiselle Claude des Oeillets. It was going to be a challenge, I knew. Claude--or Claudette, as I think of her--was a two-bit-player-turned-lady's maid, and she had lived over 250 years ago. As it is, there is often little in the historical records about the serving classes.

[More]

Comments (Please click on the link above to post a comment. Your comment will not appear until approved.)
Discuss on Facebook