New York: Harper Collins, (2007.). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, the epic story of a courageous and independent, but now almost forgotten woman - born into a world of wealth in the French aristocracy, but shaped by the novels of Rousseau, she refuses to be married unless it is for passion - but she finds love with the English poet William Wordsworth. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 483 pp.