Pauline: Favorite sister of Napoleon. Illustrated.
by [NAPOLEON]. CARLTON, W.N.C
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1930. 8vo. ix, [3], 372, [2] pp. Frontisp., numerous plates. Blue cloth, gilt lettering (minor dustsoiling), w/ d.j. (minor creasing, edgewear, couple minor closed tears, minor soiling to fore-edges), still VG/VG- copy, w/ former ownership stamp on ffep. First edition, stated, of this biography of the wickedest, most fascinating, and most beguiling of the Bonapartes. Pauline Bonaparte initially married General LeClerc who fought against Toussaint L’Ouverture in Haiti, later married Prince Borghese, and was immortalized in the statue by Canova.
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51569
- Title
- Pauline: Favorite sister of Napoleon. Illustrated.
- Author
- [NAPOLEON]. CARLTON, W.N.C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1930.
- Keywords
- Napoleon, Prince Borghese, France, French History, Biography, Haiti, Toussaint L’Ouverture, General LeClerc, Eugenie, England, British History, Americana, Spain, Spanish History, Naples, Prussia, Pauline, Elba,
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