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In 1797, Lucia, a beautiful statesman''s daughter was married off to a powerful Venetian, only to be caught up in the turbulence of Napoleon''s march. This is her story, from dazzling young hostess in Habsburg Vienna, lady-in-waiting at the court of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais in Milan, single mother in Paris during the fall of Napoleon''s Empire to Byron''s hard-fisted landlady during the poet''s stay in Venice.

Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 6/5/2008 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780571233168, 978-0571233168
    ISBN10: 0571233163
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    Book Synopsis
    In 1797, Lucia, a beautiful statesman''s daughter was married off to a powerful Venetian, only to be caught up in the turbulence of Napoleon''s march. This is her story, from dazzling young hostess in Habsburg Vienna, lady-in-waiting at the court of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais in Milan, single mother in Paris during the fall of Napoleon''s Empire to Byron''s hard-fisted landlady during the poet''s stay in Venice.

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