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Margaret de Flahaut (1788-1867)

A Scotswoman at the French Court
BuchGebunden
328 Seiten
Englisch
The political and social worlds of France, England and Vienna during the period which began with the French Revolution and ended with the Second Empire are engagingly seen through the eyes of a highly intelligent Scotswoman, Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, who weds Charles de Flahaut, a Napoleonic general, against the wishes of her admiral father.mehr

Produkt

KlappentextThe political and social worlds of France, England and Vienna during the period which began with the French Revolution and ended with the Second Empire are engagingly seen through the eyes of a highly intelligent Scotswoman, Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, who weds Charles de Flahaut, a Napoleonic general, against the wishes of her admiral father.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-898565-16-1
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2019
Erscheinungsdatum28.03.2019
Seiten328 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 238 mm, Höhe 168 mm, Dicke 30 mm
Gewicht936 g
Artikel-Nr.50345310
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GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
1) The Admiral's Ambitious Daughter; 2) Friendship with Princess Charlotte; 3) Margaret's Man Friends and Suitors; 4) Charles de Flahaut before his Marriage; 5) Charles in England: November 1815-December 1816; 6) A Mutual Attraction; 7) Weathering the Storm; 8) Early Married Life in Scotland; 9) Country Life in Scotland: Meikleour and Tulliallan; 10) The Great World: Paris I; 11) Home and Garden: Paris II; 12) The Orleans Monarchy: Paris III; 13) Margaret and Talleyrand; 14) Margaret's Friendships; 15) Margaret's Travels; 16) Margaret's Cult of Napoleon; 17) The Vienna Embassy I, 1841-8; 18) The Vienna Embassy II; 19) London, 1848-64; 20) Tulliallan and the London Embassy, 1848-64; 21) The Final Phase: Paris I; 22) The Final Phase: Paris II; Epiloguemehr

Autor

Diana Scarisbrick, FSA, is a historian specializing in jewelry and engraved gems. She has curated exhibitions in the United Kingdom and abroad and has written many books, including, more recently, Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty (2007) and Portrait Jewels: Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs (2011). For many years she was the historian of Chaumet, the great Parisian jeweler. As research associate at the Beazley Archive, Oxford, she collaborated with Professor Sir John Boardman and Claudia Wagner on The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle (Philip Wilson Publishers, 2016). In 2014 she published with Benjamin Zucker the biography of Elihu Yale (Thames & Hudson). She is now working on her forthcoming history of diamond jewelry (1360-2018) for Thames & Hudson.