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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/842323047 Title: Wondrous beauty : the life and adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte Author: Carol Berkin Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. ISBN/ISSN: 9780307592781 0307592782 9780307476258 0307476251 OCLC:842323047

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Wondrous beauty : the life and adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

Author:	Carol Berkin
Publisher:	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : English : First editionView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	The remarkable life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, renowned as the most beautiful woman of nineteenth-century Baltimore, whose marriage in 1803 to Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, became inextricably bound to the diplomatic and political histories of the United States, France, and England.
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Subjects	Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, -- 1785-1879. Jérôme Bonaparte, -- King of Westphalia, -- 1784-1860. Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Family. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte; Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; Napoleon, Emperor of the French; Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte; Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; Napoleon, Emperor of the French
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Carol Berkin Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780307592781 0307592782 9780307476258 0307476251
OCLC Number:	842323047
Description:	xiii, 237 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents:	"She is a most extraordinary girl" -- "I would rather be the wife of Jerome Bonaparte for an hour" -- "An almost naked woman" -- "Have confidence in your husband" -- "Madame Bonaparte is ambitious" -- "I intend to be governed by my own rules" -- "I shall resume the name of my own family" -- "The purposes of life are all fulfilled" -- "Your ideas soar'd too high" -- "For this life there is nothing but disappointment" -- "That was my American wife" -- "He had neither my pride, my ambition, nor my love of good company" -- "Disgusted with the past, despairing of a future" -- "My birth is legitimate" -- "I will not be dupe enough to ever try justice in France" -- "Once I had everything but money; now I have nothing but money" -- Conclusion: "I have lived alone and I will die alone" -- Epilogue: The American Bonapartes.
Responsibility:	Carol Berkin.

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The remarkable life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, renowned as the most beautiful woman of nineteenth-century Baltimore, whose marriage in 1803 to Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, became inextricably bound to the diplomatic and political histories of the United States, France, and England.

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