Napoleon III and His Carnival Empire
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. xx, 439, [3] p. Illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Louis Napoleon, nephew to the famous Bonaparte, is one of the most colorful historical actors of the 19th century. Bohemian, adventurer, and compulsive Don Juan, he managed, to the astonishment of virtually everyone, to be elected President of France in 1848 and within three years staged the coup d'etat that made him Emperor. Reigned over by this genial roué and his beautiful Empress Eugenie, the splendid circus known as the Second Empire was one of the most glittering and licentious epochs in French history-a time when the music of Offenbach, the gowns of Worth, and the splendid new boulevards of Haussman brought Paris world renown as the City of Light. Condition: Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling.
Keywords: Bonaparte, Jean Gilbert Fialin, Harriet Howard, Ferdinand Maximilian, Eugenie de Montijo, Charles de Morny, Walewski, Emile Fleury
ISBN: 9780312018276
[Book #66498]
Price: $35.00