num_pages: 320
description: The bizarre-but-true story of a poor, Irish girl -- Eliza Lynch -- who becomes a celebrated Parisian courtesan, then “Empress of South America” in Paraguay.
language: English
title: The Empress of South America
titlecomplete: The Empress of South America
genres: Ireland, Biography, 19th Century, History
ratings_count: 36
publisher: William Heinemann