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1	Them: A Memoir of Parents more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray Francine du Plessix Gray, writer of fiction and biography, writes a dazzling memoir of her highly unusual family and her unorthodox upbringing. Her mother, Tatiana, was born in Russia, courted by Mayakovsky, and taught to make hats in St. Petersburg. Her father was a French diplomat who was killed in World War II. Her mother's second husband was ... see all copies from £2.07! new only from £9.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	At Home with the Marquis de Sade: A Life more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray A biography that presents an unusual vision of de Sade as a man devoted to his wife, who was singularly tolerant of his sexual exploits. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £11.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Simone Weil more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray This stirring portrait of Simone Weil (1909-1943), one of the most brilliant and profoundly passionate women of our time, follows the life of this enigmatic French philosopher from her early days as a non-conformist, left-wing student to her anarchist fight against Spain during the Spanish Civil War. Photos. see all copies from £5.74! new only from £7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Lovers & Tyrants more books like this by Francine D Gray First published to rave reviews in 1967, this compelling novel follows Stephanie from her childhood in France, through her father's mysterious disappearance, her emigration to America, her adolescence in New York, her marriage, her children, and ultimately her self-liberation, with each phase illustrating the painful ambivalence toward the ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £7.63! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Rage and Fire: A Life of Louise Colet, Pioneer Feminist, Literary Star, Flaubert's Muse more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray Acclaimed novelist and essayist Francine du Plessix Gray paints a spirited portrait of a woman who defied the rules and expectations of a misogynistic society to become one of its preeminent writers, as well as the intimate of such great literary figures as Flaubert, Hugo, and Musset. Most English-language readers are familiar with the notoriously ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £6.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Soviet Women more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray, Francine Du Plessix Gray Novelist and essayist Gray turns to the hearts and minds of the women whose personal histories exemplify both the tragedy of the Soviet system and the immense spiritual reawakening stirring in the former Soviet Union today. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	World Without End by Francine Du Plessix Gray see all copies from £4.94! new only from £7.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Adam & Eve and the City: Selected Non-Fiction more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray see all copies from £5.65! new only from £7.06! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Philosophy in the Boudoir: Or, the Immoral Mentors more books like this by Marquis de Sade, Joachim Neugroschel (Translator), Francine Du Plessix-Gray (Introduction by) "Philosophy in the Bedroom" accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood. see all copies from £9.54! new only from £9.54!
10	Soviet women--walking the tightrope more books like this by Francine du Plessix Gray Novelist and essayist Gray turns to the hearts and minds of the women whose personal histories exemplify both the tragedy of the Soviet system and the immense spiritual reawakening stirring in the former Soviet Union today. see all copies from £5.65! new only from £9.01! \| first editions
11	October Blood by Francine Du Plessix Gray see all copies from £4.94! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Madame de Stael: The First Modern Woman more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray Bestselling author du Plessix Gray chronicles the incandescent life of the most celebrated--and one of the most controversial--woman of letters of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era. see all copies from £11.12! new only from £11.12! \| first editions
13	At home with the Marquis de Sade more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray Donatien Alphonese Francois, Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) is one of the most perplexing personalities of Western culture. This text concentrates on his loyal wife and his vindictive mother-in-law, and their complex relationship with the Marquis as they protected, curbed, then imprisoned him. see all copies from £2.19! new only from £6.71! \| first editions
14	Adam and Eve and the City: Selected Nonfiction more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray see all copies from £5.65! new only from £6.45! \| first editions
15	Simone Weil more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray Simone Weil was born in Paris in 1909. Strikingly beautiful and intellectually precocious, she was reading the evening paper aloud to her family aged 5, quoting the seventeenth-century French dramatic poet, Jean Racine at 6 and, by her early teens, mastering classical Greek and several modern languages. She developed her acute social awareness ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £11.27! \| first editions
16	Hawaii: the sugar-coated fortress. more books like this by Francine du Plessix Gray see all copies from £5.65! signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Soviet women : walking the tightrope more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray In this book, the author brings us the voices of women doctors, dissidents, party workers, journalists and factory workers, who talk about their lives. It emerges that women continue to suffer a variety of injustices, and there is backwardness in sex education and women's health facilities. see all copies from £2.62! new only from £5.48! \| first editions
18	Rage and fire : a life of Louise Colet : pioneer feminist, literary star, Flaubert's muse more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray This is a biography of the proto-feminist French author Louise Colet (1810-1876) incorporating numerous aspects of mid-19th-century European women's lives. Notoriously tempestuous and beautiful, Louise Colet is best known as the greatest love of Gustave Flaubert; as one of his models for Emma Bovary; and as the recipient of some of Flaubert's most ... see all copies from £2.04! first editions
19	Divine disobedience: profiles in Catholic radicalism. more books like this by Francine du Plessix Gray see all copies from £5.48! signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Rage and fire : life of Louise Colet - pioneer feminist, literary star, Flaubert's muse more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray This is a biography of the pioneer feminist, French author Louise Colet (1810-1876), incorporating aspects of mid-19th century European women's lives. She is best known as the greatest love of Gustave Flaubert, as one of his models for Emma Bovary, and as the recipient of some of Flaubert's most treasured letters. A mistress of Alfred de Vigny, ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £2.08!
21 view cover	El Marques de Sade: Una Vida more books like this by Francine Du Plessix Gray see all copies from £36.83!
22	Lovers Tyrants by Francine Du Plessix Gray see all copies from £5.65!

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