“We must rejoice at the publication of these memoirs. . . . Providing portraits and some unforgettable scenes with a keen sense of detail, Mme de Boigne’s memoirs were greatly admired by Marcel Proust.”—Victor Brombert
The Comtesse de Boigne was an exceptional woman and a gifted writer, an astute observer of people and events during France's great period of turmoil (1789-1830). Often at the center of things and open minded, she had an insider's insight. -Victor Brombert Anka Muhlstein's lively biography, translated by Teresa Waugh, introduces American readers to Astolphe de Custine, a passionalte literary figure, a poet, playwright, essayist, traveler, aristocrat and homosexual adventurer.