Who was Germaine de Stael and what happened to her?
Who was Germaine de Stael and what happened to her? Staël’s only comfort in despair was a new romance. Her husband had died, and in 1811 she married a 24-year-old Italian lieutenant named Rocca. In 1812 she escaped from Coppet and traveled to Russia, Sweden, and England. In 1814, after the fall of Napoleon, she […]