Download or read book A Political Romance written by S. Foley and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Léon Gambetta is renowned as a founder of the French Third Republic. This unique study of his correspondence with his lover, Léonie Léon, provides a fascinating insight into their intimate and political partnership. It brings to life Gambetta as lover and politician, the unknown figure of Léon, and the political and cultural world of 1870s Paris.