Bluebird, or the Invention of Happiness

A novel based on the life of eighteenth-century aristocrat Lucy Dillon, who survived the French Revolution's Terror and embraced a new life in America. A daughter of noble privilege whose mother was once a favorite of Queen Marie Antoinette, Lucy Dillon mingled in high society circles but acted with an unconventional spirit inherited from her Irish ancestors. Wedded to military officer Frederic-...