by Andrea Di Robilant (Author), Andrea Di Robilant (Author)
In 1797, Lucia, a beautiful statesman's daughter was married off to a powerful Venetian, only to be caught up in the turbulence of Napoleon's march. This is her story, from dazzling young hostess in Habsburg Vienna, lady-in-waiting at the court of Prince Eugene de Beauharnais in Milan, single mother in Paris during the fall of Napoleon's Empire to Byron's hard-fisted landlady during the poet's stay in Venice.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber
Published: 05 Jun 2008
ISBN 10: 0571233163
ISBN 13: 9780571233168
Book Overview: Andrea di Robilant's Lucia in the Age of Napoleon is a sumptuous and page-turning biography of a remarkable woman, by the author of the international bestseller A Venetian Affair.