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001 2008028639
003 DLC
005 20090722133735.0
008 080626s2009 nyuacf b 001 0beng
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050 00 $aDC216.87$b.F73 2009
082 00 $a944.05092$aB$222
100 1 $aFraser, Flora.
245 10 $aPauline Bonaparte :$bVenus of Empire /$cFlora Fraser.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2009.
300 $axvi, 287 p., [12] p. of plates :$bill. (chiefly col.), ports. (some col.) ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [269]-274) and index.
520 $aFrom acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, the brilliant life of Napoleon's favorite sister. Celebrated for her looks, notorious for her passions, immortalized by Antonio Canova's statue, and always deeply loyal to her brother, Pauline Bonaparte Borghese is a fascinating figure in her own right. At the turn of the nineteenth century, she was considered by many to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. She shocked the continent with the boldness of her love affairs, her opulent wardrobe and jewels, and, most famously, her decision to pose nearly nude for Canova's sculpture. But just as remarkable as Pauline's private life was her fidelity to the emperor (if not to her husbands). No biographer has gone so deeply into the sources or so closely examined one of the seminal relationships of the man who shaped modern Europe. Fraser has cast new light on the Napoleonic era while crafting a dynamic portrait of a mesmerizing woman.--From publisher description.
600 10 $aBonaparte, Paolina,$d1780-1825.
600 00 $aNapoleon$bI,$cEmperor of the French,$d1769-1821$xFamily.
650 0 $aPrincesses$zFrance$vBiography.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008028639-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008028639-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0908/2008028639-s.html