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Eugenie: The Empress and her Empire

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Availability:In StockContributor:Desmond SewardPublish date:2020-12-15Pages:286
Language:EnglishPublisher:Lume BooksISBN-13:9781839012464ISBN-10:1839012463UPC:9781839012464Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Royalty, Europe, WomenBook Topic:FranceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC6AARQWA2

From 1853 to 1870 Eug nie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III.

The last woman to reign over France, she personifies the allure glimpsed in Winterhalter's portraits and the music of Jacques Offenbach.

It was 'eighteen years of self-indulgence, folly and wild gaiety, of love affairs and unbelievable elegance', a survivor wistfully recalled. 'For a short time, too short a time, it seemed as if we were glittering ghosts from the splendours of the eighteenth century.' In many ways the Second Empire was a final flicker of the ancient regime.

This meticulously researched portrait reveals the empress as a nineteenth century fashion icon who possessed an intelligent and politically shrewd mind, whose splendour faded from view along with the Second Empire.


Language:EnglishPublisher:Lume BooksISBN-13:9781839012464ISBN-10:1839012463UPC:9781839012464Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Royalty, Europe, WomenBook Topic:FranceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.64 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SC6AARQWA2
Publisher: Lume Books

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Desmond Seward

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