The Infamous Sophie Dawes
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The Infamous Sophie Dawes
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Author : Adrian Searle
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-03-20
The Infamous Sophie Dawes written by Adrian Searle and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of the British woman who left behind life in a brothel to become a baroness in a French chateau, and perhaps a killer. She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler. Much of her childhood was spent in the island’s workhouse. Yet Sophie Dawes threw off the shackles of her downbeat formative years to become one of the most talked-about personalities in post-revolutionary France. It was the ultimate rags to riches story that would see her become the mistress of the fabulously wealthy French aristocrat Louis Henri de Bourbon, destined to be the last Prince of Condé. Her total subjugation of the aging prince, her obsessive desire for a position among the highest echelon of French royalist society following the Bourbon restoration, and her designs upon a hefty chunk of Louis Henri’s vast fortune would lead to scandal, sensation, and then infamy. The Infamous Sophie Dawes examines her island background before tracing her extraordinary rise from obscurity to becoming a baroness who ruled the prince’s château at Chantilly as its unofficial queen and intrigued with the King of the French to get what she wanted. But how far did she go? The book examines the mysterious death of Louis Henri in 1830 and uses newly discovered evidence in a bid to determine the part Sophie may have played in his demise. “Mouthwatering scandal, dangerous affairs, this story has the lot!” —Books Monthly
The Infamous Sophie Dawes
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Author : Adrian Searle
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2020-03-20
The Infamous Sophie Dawes written by Adrian Searle and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
She was the daughter of an alcoholic Isle of Wight smuggler. Much of her childhood was spent in the island’s workhouse. Yet Sophie Dawes threw off the shackles of her downbeat formative years to become one of the most talked-about personalities in post-revolutionary France. It was the ultimate rags to riches story which would see her become the mistress of the fabulously wealthy French aristocrat Louis Henri de Bourbon, destined to be the last Prince of Condé. Her total subjugation of the ageing prince, her obsessive desire for a position among the highest echelon of French royalist society following the Bourbon restoration, and her designs upon a hefty chunk of Louis Henri’s vast fortune would lead to scandal, sensation and then infamy. The Infamous Sophie Dawes takes an in-depth look at her island background before tracing her extraordinary rise from obscurity to becoming a baroness who ruled the prince’s château at Chantilly as its unofficial queen and intrigued with the King of the French to get what she wanted. But how far did she go? The book examines the mysterious death of Louis Henri in 1830 and uses newly discovered evidence in a bid to determine the part Sophie may have played in his demise.
Sophie Dawes
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Author : Henriette Chandet
language : fr
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
Sophie Dawes written by Henriette Chandet and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with categories.
She Stands Accused
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Author : Victor Macclure
language : en
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Release Date : 2005-12-01
She Stands Accused written by Victor Macclure and has been published by Cosimo, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12-01 with True Crime categories.
[Y]our natural creature, not inhibited by reason, lives by theft, murder, and dissimulation. It lives, even as regards the male, but for one purpose: to continue its species. Enrage a woman, then, or frighten her into the natural creature, and she will discard all those petty rules invented by the human male for his advantage over, and his safety from, the less disciplined members of the species.... And she will fight you with tooth and talon, with lies, with blows below the belt-metaphorically, of course. -from the Introductory The subtitle says it all: "Being a Series of Accounts of the Lives and Deeds of Notorious Women, Murderesses, Cheats, Cozeners, on whom Justice was Executed, and of others, who, Accused of Crimes, were Acquitted at least in Law; Drawn from Authenticated Sources." In this deliciously histrionic book, Victor MacClure explores with glee a rogues' gallery "deeply shocking" women who were "less than kind and good, something so antagonistic to the smug conception of Eve as the 'minist'ring angel, thou.'" He regales us with the once infamous and now forgotten crimes of Lady Warriston, who in 1600 violently killed her aristocrat husband; the Countess of Somerset, who unleashed a scandal of adultery, witchcraft, strip poker, and murder at the court of King James the Sixth of Scotland and First of England; and others. True crime with an historical twist, this is a wonderfully wicked read. Scottish author VICTOR MACCLURE (1887-1963) also wrote Death on the Set, The Clue of the Dead Goldfish, and The Ark of the Covenant.
French Studies
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1947
French Studies written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1947 with Electronic journals categories.
The Recollections Of A Northumbrian Lady 1815 1866
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Author : Barbara Tasburgh Charlton
language : en
Publisher: London : J. Cape
Release Date : 1949
The Recollections Of A Northumbrian Lady 1815 1866 written by Barbara Tasburgh Charlton and has been published by London : J. Cape this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1949 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The Oldest Music Room In Europe
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Author : John Henry Mee
language : en
Publisher: London : J. Lane ; New York : John Lane
Release Date : 1911
The Oldest Music Room In Europe written by John Henry Mee and has been published by London : J. Lane ; New York : John Lane this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1911 with Concerts categories.
The Holywell room.
Twentieth Century Romance And Historical Writers
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Author : Lesley Henderson
language : en
Publisher: Saint James Press
Release Date : 1990
Twentieth Century Romance And Historical Writers written by Lesley Henderson and has been published by Saint James Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Literary Criticism categories.
An encyclopedic, biographical survey of the genre. The entry for each writer consists of a biography, a complete list of separately published books, and a signal critical essay. In addition, living entrants were invited to comment on their work. Series characters and locales have been indicated. Also included are notations of available bibliographies, manuscript collections, and critical studies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Bookseller
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
The Bookseller written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1957 with Bibliography categories.
Bookseller And The Stationery Trades Journal
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1957
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