Lola Montez: A Life
by:
Bruce Seymour (author)
During a short but incredible life, Lola Montez transformed herself from middle-class British daughter to notorious adventurer, attracting admirers and scandal wherever she went. This highly entertaining biography uncovers the real story of one of the best-known women of the Victorian era-a...
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During a short but incredible life, Lola Montez transformed herself from middle-class British daughter to notorious adventurer, attracting admirers and scandal wherever she went. This highly entertaining biography uncovers the real story of one of the best-known women of the Victorian era-a dancer and actress, a power behind thrones, and a mistress across four continents.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780300074390 (0300074395)
Publish date: March 30th 1998
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 480
Edition language: English
After reading a novelization of this interesting woman's life, I was moved to find an actual biography. In fact, my public library has two: this is the earlier (1995), and clearly the result of an impressive amount of original research. Seymour appears to have had no difficulty with the multilingual...
8 years ago
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