Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

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. 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.

• | Author: Andrea di Robilant
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Jun 05, 2008
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571233168
• | ISBN-10: 0571233163