Eyes Wide Open: The Exceptional Life of Madame Lucie

by Rachel Schmiedel, Rachel Schmiedel (Illustrator)

Overview

Have you ever wondered what it was like to grow up as a little French girl destined to become a Lady-In-Waiting to Queen Marie Antoinette? In this astounding but true story Lucie is poised to follow in her mother's footsteps as Lady-In-Waiting to the queen. Finding herself newly married and adjusting to court life, the French Revolution erupts, destroying her plans. Now that aristocrats are hunted, Lucie and her husband must flee, but where do they turn? Through unexpected twists and turns they find themselves living in Holland, America, and England. Will Lucie ever return to her beloved country?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781078795456
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	05/04/2020
Edition description:	Children's Picture Book ed.
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Age Range:	9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Rachel lives happily with her scientific data-loving husband, six children, a cat, and all the other delights of life which would have been rare for everyday folk during Madame Du Pin’s time period.

Due to reading a huge amount of fiction during her childhood, Rachel has spent a lifetime imagining fantastical adventures such as draining the ocean to find all the sunken treasure or pretending she is cooking a feast with tasteless rations to feed her mates and crew on the high seas.

Always curious about how people live and what they surround themselves with, she gained a masters degree in interior design with the dream of living in or at least decorating a European castle one day.

Considering that this dream is far-fetched, she has switched to drawing about the lives of those who managed to experience such transforming adventures.