[A] remarkable biography.Moorehead deftly wields periods detailto tell the story of a captivating woman who kept her sense of self amid the vicissitudes of politics. Vogue From acclaimed biographer Caroline Moorhead comes Dancing to the Precipice, a sweeping chronicle of the remarkable life of Lucie de la Tour du Pinan astute, thoroughly engaging biography of a formidable woman (Boston Globe) who, over the span of some 80 years, was witness to, and often a participant in the major social upheavals of eighteenth-century French history.