Eugénie
Subtitle: the empress and her empire
By: Desmond Seward
Publisher: Sutton
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Eugénie, -- Empress, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, -- 1826-1920; Empresses -- France -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "From 1853 to 1870 Eugénie de Montijo was the world's most powerful woman. Empress of the French, she shared the Second Empire with her husband, Napoleon III, so impressing the Prussian Chancellor Bismarck that he called her 'the only man in Paris'. In the first biography of her for many years, Desmond Seward recreates the nerve-racking politics and glittering social world of her empire, and gives an often startling reassessment of an extraordinary life that began in a tent at Granada during an earthquake." "This biography charts the dramatic rise and fall of the Second Empire and of the fascinating woman at its heart. It will be a captivating read for anyone interested in the history of France or in women's history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-313) and index