Napoleon III and Eugenie by Jasper Ridley - 1979-11

Hardback. Very Good.

Constable, 1979. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1350grams, ISBN:009461380X

London: Constable, 1979. vii-xvii, 767pp; light edgewear to d/j and fading at spine; illustrated.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

London England: Constable, 1979. Hardback. First Edition. Slight foxing to edge. Napoleon III and Eugenie.On 20 April 1808 the Queen of Holland gave birth to a son. She wqas Hortense de Beautharnais, wife of Louis Bonaparte and both stepdaughter and sister-in-law of the Emperor Napoleon. Her son, Louis Napoleon, was born in Paris and during his life spent only a few days on Dutch soil. After living many years in Germany, Switzerland and England, he became Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, and then returned to England to die in exile. He married Eugenia del Monmtijo, a Spanish countess who was born in Spain twelve years after Wellington won the Peninsular War and died there sixteen years before Franco began the Civil War of 1936. Eugenia lived for eighteen years at the Tuileries as Empress of the French, and for fifty years as an ex-empress in exile in England at Chislehurn and Farnborough. The author here portrays the lives of two people of supassing interest both as individuals and politically,… Read More