If you think you know Paris and Madrid, think again!
This is the book that unlocks the charm, romance, heartache and mysteries amidst the romantic gaslights and carriages of Paris and Madrid that preceded the First World War. After reading this incredible history, you will never think of either city in the same way!
Empress Eugénie to the Duke of Sesto: “If you’d only married me, we would have changed the world.” Ironically, their unrequited liaison produced international upheavals.
The startling dramatic tumultuous relationship between the Duke and Eugénie as he first loved her sister, Paca, Duchess of Alba, and then married her sister-in-law, Sofia, Duchess of Morny, while Eugénie proved her love for him by urging that French troops occupy Cochin-China (Vietnam) and Mexico. By never marrying each other, Eugénie and the Duke
of Sesto reshaped the world.
THE OTHER TWO WOMEN
IN THE LIFE OF THE
INTRIGUING DUKE OF
SESTO: Eugénie’S SISTER,
THE DUCHESS OF ALBA,
AND Eugénie’S
SISTER-IN-LAW, THE
DUCHESS OF MORNY
