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A short history of Germaine de Staël
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A short history of Germaine de Staël There are three great powers struggling against Napoleon for the soul of Europe. England, Russia and Mme de Staël
15 December 2020
A portrait of Madame de Staël, by French artist Marie Eléonore Godefroid in 1813By Connexion journalist
Germaine de Staël (1766-1817) was a progressive, liberal intellectual, a writer, philosopher, political campaigner – and a thorn in Napoleon Bonaparte’s side.