Romantic Liars: Obscure Women Who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire

Autor D. Lee

en Limba Engleză Hardback – 22 feb 2006

Lee unfolds the stories of six women with a cast of supporting characters such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Benjamin Franklin, Stamford Raffles and Napoleon against the grand narrative of England's 18th century empire building. This book is a meticulously researched, spellbinding tale of tragedy, transformation and triumph in the age of reason.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780312294588
ISBN-10: 0312294581
Pagini: 249
Ilustrații: XIV, 249 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:2006
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

List of Illustrations Preface Crossings The Goddess and the Anorexic The Gentleman, the Witch, and the Beauty The Governor and the Princess Afterward Notes Bibliography

Recenzii

'The stories told by Debbie Lee in Romatic Liars - of women who led fake lives and fooled a great many people - are extraordinary.' - Sharon Ruston, Times Literary Supplement

Notă biografică

DEBBIE LEE is Assistant Professor of English, Washington State University, USA.

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