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Cécile is an historical novel by the British writer F. L. Lucas.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 45 relations: Age of Enlightenment, American Revolution, Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Basil Davenport, Bloomsbury Group, Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, Chatto & Windus, Controller-General of Finances, Doctor Dido, E. B. C. Jones, E. M. Forster, Encyclopédistes, F. L. Lucas, France in the early modern period, French Revolution, George Stuart Gordon, George Washington, Henry Holt and Company, Historical fiction, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lettres de cachet, Louis XVI, Maison royale de Saint-Louis, Manon Lescaut, Margaret Irwin (novelist), Nancy, France, Naomi Mitchison, New Statesman, Palace of Versailles, Paris, Philosophes, Picardy, Ralph Hale Mottram, Romanticism, Salon (gathering), Saturday Review (U.S. magazine), T. E. Lawrence, Théophile Gautier, The Bookman (New York City), The Nation and Athenaeum, The River Flows, The Spectator, The Times Literary Supplement, Time and Tide (magazine), Vita Sackville-West.

  2. Fiction set in 1775
  3. Fiction set in 1776
  4. Novels set in Picardy
  5. Novels set in the 1770s

Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Anne Robert Jacques Turgot

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de l'Aulne (10 May 172718 March 1781), commonly known as Turgot, was a French economist and statesman.

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Basil Davenport

Basil Davenport (1905–1966) was an American literary critic, academic, anthologist, and writer of science fiction novels and other genres.

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Bloomsbury Group

The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists in the early 20th century.

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Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes (29 December 1719 – 13 February 1787) was a French statesman and diplomat.

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Chatto & Windus

Chatto & Windus is an imprint of Penguin Random House that was formerly an independent book publishing company founded in London in 1855 by John Camden Hotten.

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Controller-General of Finances

The Controller-General or Comptroller-General of Finances (Contrôleur général des finances) was the name of the minister in charge of finances in France from 1661 to 1791.

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Doctor Dido

Doctor Dido is a historical novel by the British writer F. L. Lucas. Cécile (novel) and Doctor Dido are novels set in Paris.

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E. B. C. Jones

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E. M. Forster

Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English author.

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Encyclopédistes

The Encyclopédistes (also known in British English as Encyclopaedists, or in U.S. English as Encyclopedists) were members of the Société des gens de lettres, a French writers' society, who contributed to the development of the Encyclopédie from June 1751 to December 1765 under the editors Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert, and only Diderot from 1765 to 1772.

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F. L. Lucas

Frank Laurence Lucas (28 December 1894 – 1 June 1967) was an English classical scholar, literary critic, poet, novelist, playwright, political polemicist, Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and intelligence officer at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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France in the early modern period

The Kingdom of France in the early modern period, from the Renaissance to the Revolution (1789–1804), was a monarchy ruled by the House of Bourbon (a Capetian cadet branch).

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French Revolution

The French Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.

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George Stuart Gordon

George Stuart Gordon (1881–12 March 1942) was a British literary scholar.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Henry Holt and Company

Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City.

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Historical fiction

Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (philosophe), writer, and composer.

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Lettres de cachet

Lettres de cachet were letters signed by the king of France, countersigned by one of his ministers, and closed with the royal seal.

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Louis XVI

Louis XVI (Louis Auguste;; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution.

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Maison royale de Saint-Louis

The Maison Royale de Saint-Louis was a boarding school for girls set up on 15 June 1686 at Saint-Cyr (what is now the commune of Saint-Cyr-l'École, Yvelines) in France by King Louis XIV at the request of his second secret wife, Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon, who wanted a school for girls from impoverished noble families.

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Manon Lescaut

The Story of the Chevalier des Grieux and Manon Lescaut is a novel by Antoine François Prévost. Cécile (novel) and Manon Lescaut are novels set in Paris.

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Margaret Irwin (novelist)

Margaret Emma Faith Irwin (27 March 1889 – 11 December 1967) was an English historical novelist.

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Nancy, France

Nancy is the prefecture of the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle.

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Naomi Mitchison

Naomi Mary Margaret Mitchison, Baroness Mitchison (1 November 1897 – 11 January 1999) was a Scottish novelist and poet.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman (known from 1931 to 1964 as the New Statesman and Nation) is a British political and cultural news magazine published in London.

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Palace of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles (château de Versailles) is a former royal residence commissioned by King Louis XIV located in Versailles, about west of Paris, France.

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Philosophes

The were the intellectuals of the 18th-century European Enlightenment.

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Picardy

Picardy (Picard and Picardie) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France.

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Ralph Hale Mottram

Ralph Hale Mottram FRSL (30 October 1883 – 16 April 1971) was an English writer.

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Romanticism

Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

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Salon (gathering)

A salon is a gathering of people held by a host.

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Saturday Review (U.S. magazine)

Saturday Review, previously The Saturday Review of Literature, was an American weekly magazine established in 1924.

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T. E. Lawrence

Thomas Edward Lawrence (16 August 1888 – 19 May 1935) was a British archaeologist, army officer, diplomat, and writer who became renowned for his role in the Arab Revolt (1916–1918) and the Sinai and Palestine Campaign (1915–1918) against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War.

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Théophile Gautier

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier (30 August 1811 – 23 October 1872) was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, and art and literary critic.

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The Bookman (New York City)

The Bookman was a literary journal established in 1895 by Dodd, Mead and Company Frank H. Dodd, head of Dodd, Mead and Company, established The Bookman in 1895.

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The Nation and Athenaeum

The Nation and Athenaeum, or simply The Nation, was a United Kingdom political weekly newspaper with a Liberal/Labour viewpoint.

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The River Flows

The River Flows is a semi-autobiographical first novel, published in 1926, by the British writer F. L. Lucas.

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The Spectator

The Spectator is a weekly British news magazine focusing on politics, culture, and current affairs.

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The Times Literary Supplement

The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) is a weekly literary review published in London by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corp.

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Time and Tide (magazine)

Time and Tide was a British weekly (and later monthly) political and literary review magazine founded by Margaret, Lady Rhondda, in 1920.

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Vita Sackville-West

Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH (née Sackville-West; 9 March 1892 – 2 June 1962), usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.

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See also

Fiction set in 1775

Fiction set in 1776

Novels set in Picardy

Novels set in the 1770s

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cécile_(novel)