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Wondrous beauty : the life and adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte / Carol Berkin.

Summary:

The remarkable life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, renowned as the most beautiful woman of nineteenth-century Baltimore, whose marriage in 1803 to J©Øer©Đome Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, became inextricably bound to the diplomatic and political histories of the United States, France, and England.

Record details

ISBN: 9780307592781 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0307592782 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780307476258 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0307476251 (pbk.)
Physical Description: xiii, 237 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-224) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"She is a most extraordinary girl" -- "I would rather be the wife of Jerome Bonaparte for an hour" -- "An almost naked woman" -- "Have confidence in your husband" -- "Madame Bonaparte is ambitious" -- "I intend to be governed by my own rules" -- "I shall resume the name of my own family" -- "The purposes of life are all fulfilled" -- "Your ideas soar'd too high" -- "For this life there is nothing but disappointment" -- "That was my American wife" -- "He had neither my pride, my ambition, nor my love of good company" -- "Disgusted with the past, despairing of a future" -- "My birth is legitimate" -- "I will not be dupe enough to ever try justice in France" -- "Once I had everything but money; now I have nothing but money" -- Conclusion: "I have lived alone and I will die alone" -- Epilogue: The American Bonapartes.