Cassandra, Lost, by Joanna Catherine Scott, is the story of a young woman who runs away from her home in Maryland to marry a Frenchman. They end up in Revolutionary France and witness a lot of the horrors that members of the aristocracy faced during the time. They manage to flee Paris and settle in New Orleans. The book is the story of Cassandra's life--the growth of her family, her loves, her losses, and her eventual disappearance. I actually quite enjoyed it.
There is a point in the book where several years pass by quite quickly, and all of a sudden Cassandra has five children, which I wish would have been fleshed out a bit more. I felt like I never really understood her relationship with any of her other children besides the first one and the last one.
I think this is the first book I've read set in Revolutionary France, and I haven't really read much non-fiction on it either. It makes me want to pick up a book about it. Anyway, I thought Cassandra, Lost was an interesting book, and even more so since it is loosely based on the life of a woman who actually existed.
There is a point in the book where several years pass by quite quickly, and all of a sudden Cassandra has five children, which I wish would have been fleshed out a bit more. I felt like I never really understood her relationship with any of her other children besides the first one and the last one.
I think this is the first book I've read set in Revolutionary France, and I haven't really read much non-fiction on it either. It makes me want to pick up a book about it. Anyway, I thought Cassandra, Lost was an interesting book, and even more so since it is loosely based on the life of a woman who actually existed.
