Edith Helen Sichel

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Edith Helen Sichel (1862-1914) was born in London in 1862. Her parents, who came originally from Germany, had her home-schooled by private tutors and she became interested in Renaissance history, later publishing several studies of Catherine de Medici and of the French Renaissance, as well as a biography of Michel de Montaigne (1911). Her brother Walter (1855-1933) was a distinguished lawyer and biographer.

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A Common Duty by Edith Helen Sichel

From the grateful solitude of his library in the Dordogne, Michel de Montaigne reflects on the companionship of his cat.

In 1571, aged 38, busy lawyer and courtier Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592) retired to the library of his residence in the Dordogne and began writing essays on a wide range of subjects. His solitude was dear to him and his wife Françoise and daughter Léonore let him have it; but he did not spend it entirely alone.

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