Michel Zohar Ben-Dor
ASIN: B09S3SG9FH
Publisher: (April 24, 2022)
Pages: 351
The Age of Enlightenment will bring more hardship than reason, as three young women set out to shape their futures – and pay the ultimate price.By the end of the 18th century, German high society is on the precipice of enlightenment. Rachel Levin, the restless daughter in a successful family of merchants, forms a strong and lasting connection with Henrietta and Dorothea – each of them a member of known and well-respected Jewish families. Yet the three of them are far from respected, or free. In a society where a woman’s value is measured by the man in front of her, the three independent-thinking women set out to make their own paths in life – as Berlin’s most popular Salonnières.United by their passion on the backdrop of rising German nationalism, where being born Jewish, not to mention a woman, is far from advantageous - Rachel, Henrietta, and Dorothea each face challenges of the mind ...