An historical novel in the form of a journal by Philippine de Sales, great niece of our Holy Founder, St. Francis de Sales, is available from various sources, and published in French by Editions Altal.
In her diary, the Marquise de Cavour, (Philippine) contemporary of Emperor Napoleon 1st, describes the complex European stage taking shape before her eyes. The political scene in the theater of worldliness, between old Savoy and the future Italy, embraces the everyday feelings of a woman with a keen political sense.This portrait is that of a woman with fierce determination to protect her family and exercising a strong power of attraction on her entourage, with her will, and subjecting her family to her benevolent influence.
Author: Piera Rossotti Pogliano
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