D. Lee

Romantic Liars (eBook, PDF)

Obscure Women Who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
• Seitenzahl: 249
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137077400
• Artikelnr.: 46923439

Autorenporträt

DEBBIE LEE is Assistant Professor of English, Washington State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

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

Rezensionen

'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