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A review by heidirgorecki
The Women of Chateau Lafayette by Stephanie Dray
4.0
So fascinating to learn of little-known, courageous, and inspiring women in history. So often history has been told almost entirely with men as the heroes and focal point but I’m finding more and more books that show how much influence women have given to historical events, quite often behind the scenes but were no less influential.
I absolutely loved Ms Dray’s book My Dear Hamilton and in The Women of Chateau Lafayette, with its female-driven and heroic story, was again well done. I love how Ms Dray gives this glimpse into the incredible life of the wife of the infamous Lafayette most of all. Gosh she was amazing, wise, and inspiring and I’ve never even heard of her before this book.
I appreciated that the characters were flawed as life always is, that they struggled with their own decisions, hopes, doubts, etc, but they persevered against such intense odds at great cost to themselves for the good of others. Hopefully we will continue to unearth more female heroes, who are just as valuable and influential as their male counterparts we’ve known about for so long. Great read, and very well written.
I absolutely loved Ms Dray’s book My Dear Hamilton and in The Women of Chateau Lafayette, with its female-driven and heroic story, was again well done. I love how Ms Dray gives this glimpse into the incredible life of the wife of the infamous Lafayette most of all. Gosh she was amazing, wise, and inspiring and I’ve never even heard of her before this book.
I appreciated that the characters were flawed as life always is, that they struggled with their own decisions, hopes, doubts, etc, but they persevered against such intense odds at great cost to themselves for the good of others. Hopefully we will continue to unearth more female heroes, who are just as valuable and influential as their male counterparts we’ve known about for so long. Great read, and very well written.