This history is the third of French historian Nancy Becker’s series on France’s glamorous Second Empire that fell in the cataclysm of Paris and the burnings of the Palaces of the Tuileries and Saint-Cloud. The author has been a Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald columnist and a political and social reporter who has interviewed celebrities and royal figures the world over. She is also an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers and appraises European and American antiques which led her to found the Decorative Arts Society of Dallas-Fort Worth.
Moments of Extraordinary Violence and Intensity
Burning of Paris, the Palaces of St. Cloud and the Tuileries, and the Tragedies of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and the Duke of Sesto
by Nancy Becker
Moments of Extraordinary Violence and Intensity
Burning of Paris, the Palaces of St. Cloud and the Tuileries, and the Tragedies of Napoleon III, Empress Eugenie and the Duke of Sesto
by Nancy Becker
Published Feb 15, 2012
767 Pages
Genre: HISTORY / Europe / France
Book Details
A Great Love Story, an Incomparable Tragedy
The Cataclysmic Firestorm of Paris during the Paris Commune and the Poignant Tragedies that Followed! The Personal Love Story of Napoleon III, Empress Eugénie and the Duke of Sesto that led to the burning of the Palaces of the Tuileries and Saint-Cloud during the Paris Commune and how the Duke of Sesto promoted Prince Alfonso to reign as King of Spain amidst some of the most turbulent episodes in Europe. One of the Most Dramatic Epics in all History, Never Before Written! The Very Secret History of France, Spain, England and Germany!
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