Ten years’ exile or memoirs of that interesting

According to Wikipedia: "Baronne Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (née Necker) (22 April 1766 14 July 1817) (IPA: [stal]), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French-speaking Swiss author living in Paris and abroad. She influenced literary tastes in Europe at the turn of the 19th century."