Romantic Liars : Obscure Women Who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire
by
D. Lee
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0312294581
ISBN-13
9780312294588
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 22nd, 2006
Print length
249 Pages
Weight
416 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.00 x 2.00 cms
Ksh 8,100.00
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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.
They were homeless wanderers, prostitutes, orphans, and factory girls. They hurdled terrible obstacles, reinvented themselves as men, goddesses, witches, and princesses to become legends in their own right as England rose to world power. No other group of people rivaled their inventiveness or their grip on the nation''s imagination. Debbie Lee unfolds the small 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 eighteenth-century empire building. Romantic Liars: Obscure Women who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire is a meticulously researched, spellbinding tale of tragedy, transformation and triumph in the age of reason.
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