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Book Eleven Years  Residence in the Family of Murat  King of Naples

Download or read book Eleven Years Residence in the Family of Murat King of Naples written by Catherine Davies and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1841.

Book Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of the Library Company of Philadelphia  Since the Large Catalogue of 1835

Download or read book Catalogue of Books Added to the Library of the Library Company of Philadelphia Since the Large Catalogue of 1835 written by Library Company of Philadelphia and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mediterranean Travels

Download or read book Mediterranean Travels written by Noreen Humble and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-02 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Written by leading scholars in the field, this collection analyses the notion of travel writing as a genre, while tracing significant examples of Mediterranean travel writing that return us to Ancient Greece, to Medieval pilgrimages, to Venetians diplomatic missions, to an Egyptian's account of Paris in the nineteenth century, to French artistic journeys in North Africa and to contemporary narratives of privileged resettlement, death and dislocation."

Book The Unruly Queen

    Book Details:
  • Author : Flora Fraser
  • Publisher : A&C Black
  • Release : 2012-03-11
  • ISBN : 1408832542
  • Pages : 701 pages

Download or read book The Unruly Queen written by Flora Fraser and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-11 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Splendid ... her book does justice to a fascinating woman who was tragic, brave, likable, humorous, and indeed, unruly' Spectator 'Written with elegance, wit and a narrative zest that novelists might envy' Economist At the heart of the extravagant Regency period – nine scandalous, politically fascinating years from 1811 to 1820 – lies the bitter mismatch between the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Prince Regent, later George IV, separated privately from Caroline of Brunswick within a year of their marriage in 1795. The couple remained separated until Queen Caroline's death in 1821, but the mockery of their marriage resisted the most strenuous efforts to dissolve it. Barred from the Regent's court, Queen Caroline travelled through Europe with a small court of her own. The story of The Unruly Queen – a long, courageous fight by an extraordinary individual to see justice done in the face of overbearing authority – is compellingly told by Flora Fraser. This astonishing book culminates with the Queen's House of Lords trial for adultery and exclusion from her bigamous husband's coronation.

Book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 1092 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Manuscripts  Autographs  Books Portraits and Other Interesting Material Mainly Relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution

Download or read book Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Manuscripts Autographs Books Portraits and Other Interesting Material Mainly Relating to Napoleon Bonaparte and the French Revolution written by Warren Cady Crane and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Death of Joachim Murat

Download or read book The Death of Joachim Murat written by Jonathan North and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2024-01-18 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joachim Murat, son of an innkeeper, had won his spurs as Napoleon’s finest cavalry general and then won his throne when, in 1808, Napoleon appointed him king of Naples. He loyally ran this strategic Italian kingdom with his wife, Napoleon’s sister Caroline, until, in 1814, with Napoleon beaten and in retreat towards ruin and exile, the royal couple chose to betray their imperial relation and dramatically switched sides. This notorious betrayal won them temporary respite, but just a year later Murat engineered his own dramatic fall. A series of blunders took the cavalier king from thinking he had secured his dynasty to fleeing his kingdom. His native France did not welcome him, initially because Napoleon had not forgiven him, then, after Napoleon’s fall following Waterloo, because the restored Bourbons were offering a reward for Murat’s head. Fleeing again, fate brought him to Corsica where, welcomed at last, Murat turned to plotting the reversal in his fortunes he so felt he deserved. Murat soon resolved to bet everything on a hare-brained plan to return to Naples as a conquering hero and king. His aim was to take a small band of followers, land near his capital, organise regime change and reclaim his throne. In September 1815, he set off and what happened next forms the core of this part-tragic, part-ridiculous story and a lesson in how not to stage a coup. Just five days after landing in Calabria, King Joachim was hauled before a firing squad and executed. There is a fine line in history between a fool and a hero. Had Murat succeeded then he would be lauded as daringly heroic but, alas, he failed, and his final adventure has been consigned to oblivion. This is unfortunate as the fall of Joachim Murat is the final act of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe as well as being a dramatic story in its own right. Based on research in the archives of Paris and Naples, Jonathan North’s book aims to throw light on the fate of the mightily fallen Murat and restore some history to a tale that, until now, lay smothered under two centuries of fable and neglect.

Book Women in Context

Download or read book Women in Context written by Barbara Kanner and published by Macmillan Reference USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 1120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and versatile source for researchers in a broad range of disciplines, Women in Context is a biographical, analytical, and critical bibliography of narrative autobiographies written by over eight hundred women born in the United Kingdom and British territories from the mid-eighteenth century to mid-twentieth centuries. Each entry provides publication and catalog information, a brief biographical sketch, an analysis of the topical content, and a critical comment on style, tone, and purpose of the autobiography.

Book Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia

Download or read book Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of Philadelphia written by ohne Autor and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-04-08 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1870.

Book Caroline Murat

Download or read book Caroline Murat written by Joan Bear and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In any normal family Caroline Bonaparte would have seemed a prodigy; even beside her brother Napoleaon she holds her own. Beautiful, and intelligent, she possesed courage, determination and political acumen appropriate for the council chamber rather than the salon. When she married the handsome and swashbuckling.

Book Catalogue of the London Library

Download or read book Catalogue of the London Library written by London Library and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 984 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: