A KEEPER OF ROYAL SECRETS
Being the Private and Political Life of Madame de Genlis
BY JEAN HARMAND
Price 15/- net
“Félicité Stéphanie de Genlis, comtesse, adventuress, governess, copious writer of novels, plays, and homilies, needed a biographer, and M. Jean Harmand has adequately supplied the want.”—Times.
“Extremely interesting … peculiarly vivid, and even fascinating … he has made real for us the personality of Mme. de Genlis as that of a remarkable woman, who led a remarkable life.”—Daily Telegraph.
“The true story of Mme. de Genlis’s life—a story now fully set forth for the first time. And what an interesting figure she is now that we can see her clearly! ‘A Keeper of Royal Secrets’ runs to over four hundred pages, but few will find it too long.”—Daily News and Leader.
“With the help of documents in the possession of the Genlis family, and of other materials obtained from a variety of sources, M. Harmand has been able to give us the first full-length portrait of the woman who witnessed the Ancien Régime, the Revolution, the Empire, and the Restoration, and who died under the July Monarchy.”—The Nation.
“Deeply interesting … she was an extraordinarily interesting woman, who lived in extraordinarily interesting times, and Jean Harmand has made the utmost of his long and deep study of both in this fascinating volume.”—Truth.
“Highly interesting … M. Harmand has produced much fresh material, and has made a most interesting addition to the inner history of nations.”—Liverpool Daily Post.