The last empress of France the rebellious life of Eugénie De Montijo
"Although a nineteenth-century woman, her almost twenty-first century outlook was key to the creation of modern France. Viewed frequently as a mere "ornament of the throne" of her husband, Emperor Napoleon III, this Spanish-born aristocrat proved to be almost as fiery as her red hair, fighting again...
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Toronto, Ontario :
Hanover Square Press,
[2025]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Of blood and sun
- Marriage-go-round
- Demands of dynasty
- To build a dream
- Sticks and stones, bricks and mortar
- The empress's new clothes
- Readin', writin' and reignin'
- Ministry of charity
- Empressing
- Designing a disaster
- 'A wave of insanity'
- Madame La Sultane de France
- Last days
- Shadow of the guillotine
- Lane of hope, dreams of glory
- On her own
- The matriarch of Europe
- Castilian sunset
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on sources
- Selected bibliography
- Index.
