Romantic Liars - Obscure Women Who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire

Zusatztext 'The stories told by Debbie Lee in Romatic Liars - of women who led fake lives and fooled a great many people - are extraordinary.' - Sharon Ruston! Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor DEBBIE LEE is Assistant Professor of English, Washington State University, USA. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Crossings The Goddess and the Anorexic The Gentleman, the Witch, and the Beauty The Governor and the Princess Afterward Notes Bibliography

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List of Illustrations Preface Crossings The Goddess and the Anorexic The Gentleman, the Witch, and the Beauty The Governor and the Princess Afterward Notes Bibliography

Relazione

'The stories told by Debbie Lee in Romatic Liars - of women who led fake lives and fooled a great many people - are extraordinary.' - Sharon Ruston, Times Literary Supplement

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: D Lee, D. Lee, Debbie Lee
• Editore: Palgrave UK
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 22.02.2006
• EAN: 9780312294588
• ISBN: 978-0-312-29458-8
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Scienze naturali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Literaturtheorie, Europa, B, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, Literaturwissenschaft: 1600 bis 1800, Westeuropa, Clinical psychology, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Literature: history & criticism, Literary theory, Palgrave History Collection, History of Britain and Ireland, Great Britain—History, European Literature, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Eighteenth-Century Literature, Literature, Modern—18th century, British literature, British and Irish Literature, Literature—Philosophy