Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte : An American Aristocrat in the Early Republic /
Two centuries ago, Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was one of the most famous women in America. Beautiful, scandalous, and outspoken, she had wed Napoleon's brother Jerome, borne his child, and seen the marriage annulled by the emperor himself. With her notorious behavior, dashing husband, and as...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2012]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. "Nature Never Intended Me for Obscurity" Th e Celebrity
- Chapter 2. "Th e Duchess of Baltimore" Th e Aristocrat
- Chapter 3. "A Modern Philosophe" Th e Inde pendent Woman
- Chapter 4. "Happiness for a Woman" Th e Femme d'Esprit
- Chapter 5. "So Much Agitated About Th is Child's Destiny" Th e Mother and Daughter
- Epilogue. "She Belongs to History"
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments