Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

Lucia in the Age of Napoleon

by Andrea Di Robilant (Author)

Synopsis

In 1797, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a Venetian statesman, was married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the wealthiest and most powerful families of the once glorious maritime Republic. They were a golden couple in Venice's twilight years. But Lucia's life was suddenly transformed when the thousand-year-old Serenissima collapsed under the blows of young Bonaparte in 1797. This is Lucia's 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 or as Byron's hard-fisted landlady during the poet's stay in Venice.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: Main
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 04 Oct 2007

ISBN 10: 0571233171
ISBN 13: 9780571233175
Book Overview: Andrea di Robilant's Lucia in the Age of Napoleon is a stunning portrait of a remarkable woman, by the author of the international bestseller A Venetian Affair.

Author Bio
Andrea di Robilant was born in Rome in 1957. He has worked as a journalist all his life, in Europe, the United States and Latin America. His previous book, A Venetian Affair, was published to great acclaim in 2004. He lives in Rome with his wife and two sons.