La marquise de Condorcet: Sa Famille, son Salon, ses Amis, 1764-1822

A detailed biography follows Sophie de Grouchy from her childhood at the family estate through marriage to Condorcet and her long role as a salon hostess. It reconstructs family origins, early education, and social life at Villette and in Paris, then examines the gatherings she kept, the intellectual friendships she sustained, and her responses to political turmoil. Drawing on family papers, portraits, and contemporary testimony, the narrative is organized chronologically to illuminate personal character, domestic devotion, and the continuity of her convictions across changing circumstances.