Devoted to Napoleon, the beautiful Countess Marie Walewska followed him from East Prussia to Paris and Vienna, bore his illegitimate child, and later joined him while he was in exile at St. Helena
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Seller: Second Edition Books, Butte, MT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. None Stated. A nice, clean, tight, bright hardback copy. Spine ends bumped, remainder mark on bottom of page edges. Jacket has not been price clipped and is preserved in mylar. The jacket has edge wear and very short tear at the spine bottom and another along the top edge front. Poor old Nappy finds true love (cirac 1807) with Countess Marie who, herself was married to a man 50 years her senior. Her resultant pregnancy erased a few of his self doubts. The book is apparently an accurate account of her life and her child. 265 pages including the index. (ie, not fiction). Seller Inventory # 9758
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0670284734I3N00
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 265 pages, double-page map of Europe in 1812, bibliography, index. Cloth boards in price-clipped dust-jacket. Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 019478
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Seller: Joseph Valles - Books, Stockbridge, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 265 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. ; ISBN 9780670284733, 0670284734 OCLC 5689322 ; LCCN 79005092 LC DC204 .S94 ; Dewey 944.050924 ; green cloth in color pictorial dustjacket ; Christine Sutherland grew up in Poland and in France, and speaks both languages fluently. She was an editor and writer for the Reader's Digest in the United States and while there published, as Christine Hotchkiss, two books, Home to Poland and A Boy Called Tony. She was the London editor of Horizon for nie years, is married to David Sutherland, a Scot, and lives in London and Scotland ; Marie Walewska was a Polish countess who became a significant and beloved mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte. Their relationship, which began in 1807, was passionate and produced a son, Alexandre, born in 1810. It also had political significance, as Walewska's influence may have encouraged Napoleon to create the Duchy of Warsaw and was marked by her deep love for her country, Poland. ; Contents: Map of Europe in 1812 - Chaos and magnificence -- The Manor -- Anastase -- The French are coming -- The courtship -- The idyll -- l -- A visit to Paris -- Wagram -- Alexander -- The Russian nemesis -- Paris in 1813 -- Elba -- The hundred days; nicks to edge of dustjacket, else FINE/VG. Book. Seller Inventory # 009423
Seller: Edmonton Book Store, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Condition: very good. 8vo pp.265. book. Seller Inventory # 297369
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