The Castelvecchio Family - Softcover

Tyler, William R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1496155378 ISBN 13: 9781496155375

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Louis Bonaparte, a younger brother of Napoleon, had an illegitimate son named François Louis de Castelvecchio. On the basis of letters and other documents this book gives an account of François Louis and his wife; their children, especially Joséphine (d. 1932); and Joséphine's children Louis (d. 1929), Elisina (d. 1957), Leon (d. 1964), and Linetta (d. 1975). The author (d. 2003) was Elisina's son.

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About the Author

William R. Tyler, an American, was born in Paris in 1910. Educated at Harrow and Oxford, he worked during WWII in the U.S. Office of War Information, first in Algeria, then in France. Thereafter he joined the U.S. Foreign Service, eventually serving as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and then U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands. In retirement he worked for eight years as Director of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection in Washington, D.C. He completed his handwritten book on the Castelvecchio family in 1983.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1496155378
• ISBN 13: 9781496155375
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Tyler Royall