A Collection Of Historical Biographies (Eight-Volume Set)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
This matched set of eight royal and notable women’s biographies opens with John E. N. Hearsey’s “Marie Antoinette,” which follows the Austrian archduchess from the glitter of Versailles to the guillotine, and Eve Curie’s “Madame Curie,” a daughter’s intimate portrait of the scientist who discovered radium and won two Nobel Prizes. Zoé Oldenbourg’s “Catherine the Great” details the Prussian princess who seized the Russian throne and reshaped an empire, Paul Tabori’s “Maria Theresa” presents the formidable Habsburg ruler who held her realm together against European rivals, and Alfred Leroy’s “The Empress Eugénie” chronicles the Spanish beauty who shared the splendour and collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire. Peter de Polnay’s “Madame de Maintenon” uncovers the quiet governess who became the secret wife of Louis XIV, Hearsey’s “Queen Elizabeth” illustrates the long reign of the Tudor monarch, and Joan Haslip’s “Lucrezia Borgia” reassesses the Renaissance duchess long condemned by scandal, making this uniform binding a handsome and collectible shelf of biography.
Author: Various
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
This matched set of eight royal and notable women’s biographies opens with John E. N. Hearsey’s “Marie Antoinette,” which follows the Austrian archduchess from the glitter of Versailles to the guillotine, and Eve Curie’s “Madame Curie,” a daughter’s intimate portrait of the scientist who discovered radium and won two Nobel Prizes. Zoé Oldenbourg’s “Catherine the Great” details the Prussian princess who seized the Russian throne and reshaped an empire, Paul Tabori’s “Maria Theresa” presents the formidable Habsburg ruler who held her realm together against European rivals, and Alfred Leroy’s “The Empress Eugénie” chronicles the Spanish beauty who shared the splendour and collapse of Napoleon III’s Second Empire. Peter de Polnay’s “Madame de Maintenon” uncovers the quiet governess who became the secret wife of Louis XIV, Hearsey’s “Queen Elizabeth” illustrates the long reign of the Tudor monarch, and Joan Haslip’s “Lucrezia Borgia” reassesses the Renaissance duchess long condemned by scandal, making this uniform binding a handsome and collectible shelf of biography.