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- catalog abstract ""From 1853 to 1870 Eugénie de Montijo was the world's most powerful woman. Empress of the French, she shared the Second Empire with her husband, Napoleon III, so impressing the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck that he called her 'the only man in Paris'. In the first biography of her for many years, Desmond Seward recreates the nerve-racking politics and glittering social world of her empire, and gives an often startling reassessment of an extraordinary life that began in a tent at Granada during an earthquake." "This biography charts the dramatic rise and fall of the Second Empire and of the fascinating woman at its heart. It will be a captivating read for anyone interested in the history of France or in women's history."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13120611.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""From 1853 to 1870 Eugénie de Montijo was the world's most powerful woman. Empress of the French, she shared the Second Empire with her husband, Napoleon III, so impressing the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck that he called her 'the only man in Paris'. In the first biography of her for many years, Desmond Seward recreates the nerve-racking politics and glittering social world of her empire, and gives an often startling reassessment of an extraordinary life that began in a tent at Granada during an earthquake." "This biography charts the dramatic rise and fall of the Second Empire and of the fascinating woman at its heart. It will be a captivating read for anyone interested in the history of France or in women's history."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index.".
- catalog description "Prologue: The Wedding of 1853 -- How to Become an Empress -- Growing Up -- Spain -- The Husband Hunter -- The Big Fish -- Marrying a Dream -- Imperial Splendour -- Eugenie and Bonapartism -- The 'fetes imperiales' -- Saint-Cloud and Fontainebleau -- House Parties at Compiegne -- Biarritz and the Villa Eugenie -- An Insecure Regime -- The Visit to England -- Victoria and Albert in Paris -- 'Queen Crinoline' -- A Son and Heir -- The Mother and the Grandmother -- Eugenie the Decorator -- An Empress Dresses -- Mr Worth and Fashion -- Witchcraft -- Husband Trouble -- Zenith -- The Italian War -- Eugenie as Empress-Regent -- The Second Empire Means Prosperity -- A New Paris -- Princess Metternich: A New Friendship -- A Serious Empress -- 1865--Regent Again -- Eugenie and the Pope -- 'Poor Peopling' -- Intellectuals at Compiegne -- Jacques Offenbach -- Clouds -- The Mexican Adventure -- Redrawing the Map of Europe -- Otto von Bismarck -- Eugenie as Marie-Antoinette -- The World Trade Exhibition -- 'L'Espagnole'--The Spanish Woman -- The Storm -- Revolution? -- Opening the Suez Canal -- The Liberal Empire -- The 'Sick Man of Europe' -- Downfall -- A Prussian Spain? -- The Final Regency -- The Regent Takes Control -- The Road to Sedan -- The Fall of the Second Empire -- Flight -- Epilogue: After the Empire -- Restoration -- 'Napoleon IV'? -- A Long Twilight.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 321 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0750929790".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Stroud, Gloucestershire : Sutton,".
- catalog spatial "France".
- catalog subject "944.07092 21".
- catalog subject "DC280.2 .S46 2004".
- catalog subject "Empresses France Biography.".
- catalog subject "Eugénie, Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1826-1920.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Prologue: The Wedding of 1853 -- How to Become an Empress -- Growing Up -- Spain -- The Husband Hunter -- The Big Fish -- Marrying a Dream -- Imperial Splendour -- Eugenie and Bonapartism -- The 'fetes imperiales' -- Saint-Cloud and Fontainebleau -- House Parties at Compiegne -- Biarritz and the Villa Eugenie -- An Insecure Regime -- The Visit to England -- Victoria and Albert in Paris -- 'Queen Crinoline' -- A Son and Heir -- The Mother and the Grandmother -- Eugenie the Decorator -- An Empress Dresses -- Mr Worth and Fashion -- Witchcraft -- Husband Trouble -- Zenith -- The Italian War -- Eugenie as Empress-Regent -- The Second Empire Means Prosperity -- A New Paris -- Princess Metternich: A New Friendship -- A Serious Empress -- 1865--Regent Again -- Eugenie and the Pope -- 'Poor Peopling' -- Intellectuals at Compiegne -- Jacques Offenbach -- Clouds -- The Mexican Adventure -- Redrawing the Map of Europe -- Otto von Bismarck -- Eugenie as Marie-Antoinette -- The World Trade Exhibition -- 'L'Espagnole'--The Spanish Woman -- The Storm -- Revolution? -- Opening the Suez Canal -- The Liberal Empire -- The 'Sick Man of Europe' -- Downfall -- A Prussian Spain? -- The Final Regency -- The Regent Takes Control -- The Road to Sedan -- The Fall of the Second Empire -- Flight -- Epilogue: After the Empire -- Restoration -- 'Napoleon IV'? -- A Long Twilight.".
- catalog title "Eugénie : the empress and her empire / Desmond Seward.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".