Description
Book SynopsisThis is a collection of biographies that profiles history's most famous romantic couples. The stories of Antony and Cleopatra; Napoleon and Marie Walewska; Honore de Balzac and Evelina Hanska and other famous couples are dealt with in an interesting manner. This book gives us an insight into the lives and lifestyles of popular figures of history.
Table of ContentsPreface; The Story of Antony & Cleopatra; Abelard & Heloise; Queen Elizabeth & the Earl of Leicester; Mary Queen of Scots & Lord Bothwell; Queen Christina of Sweden & the Marquis Monaldeschi; King Charles II & Nell Gwyn; Maurice of Saxony & Adrienne Lecouvreur; The Story of Prince Charles Edward Stuart; The Empress Catharine & Prince Potemkin; Marie Antoinette & Count Fersen; The Story of Aaron Burr; George IV & Mrs Fitzherbert; Charlotte Corday & Adam Lux; Napoleon & Marie Walewska; The Story of Pauline Bonaparte; The Story of the Empress Marie Louise & Count Neipperg; The Wives of General Houston; Lola Montez & King Ludwig of Bavaria; Leon Gambetta & Leonie Leon; Lady Blessington & Count Dorsay; Byron & the Countess Guiccioli; The Story of Mme De Stael; The Story of Karl Marx; Ferdinand Lassalle & Helene Von Donniges; The Story of Rachel; Dean Swift & the Two Esthers; Percy Bysshe Shelley & Mary Godwin; The Story of the Carlyles; The Story of the Hugos; The Story of George Sand; The Mystery of Charles Dickens; Honore De Balzac & Evelina Hanska; Charles Reade & Laura Seymour; Index.
