Resultado de búsqueda
6 de mar. de 2014 · Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte was a self-made American who refused to dim her love for the old world. Wondrous Beauty is the story of a woman who entered the nineteenth century far before her time — it was America that would have to catch up.
1 de ene. de 2014 · Wondrous Beauty: The Life and Adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte. Carol Berkin. 3.63. 298 ratings57 reviews. From the award-winning historian and author of Revolutionary Mothers (“Incisive, thoughtful, spiced with vivid anecdotes. Don’t miss it.”—Thomas Fleming) and Civil War Wives (“Utterly fresh . . .
- (298)
- Hardcover
11 de feb. de 2014 · Wondrous Beauty: The Life and Adventures of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte [Berkin, Carol] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.
Wondrous Beauty Carol Berkin © 2014 Knopf Publishing. From the publishers: From the award-winning historian and author of Revolutionary Mothers […] and Civil War Wives […], here is the remarkable life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, renowned as the most beautiful woman of nineteenth-century Baltimore, whose marriage in 1803 to Jérôme ...
After the Battle of Waterloo, she returned to Europe, where she reportedly was well received in the most exclusive circles and much admired for her beauty and wit. Divorce and last years Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte's tombstone Front of her tombstone. In 1815, by special act of the Legislature of Maryland, Patterson secured a divorce.
Wondrous Beauty is a riveting portrait of a woman torn between two worlds, unable to find peace in either—one a provincial, convention-bound new America; the other a sophisticated, extravagant Old World Europe that embraced freedoms, a Europe ultimately swallowed up by decadence and idleness.
6 de may. de 2024 · Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (born February 6, 1785, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.—died April 4, 1879, Baltimore) was one of America’s first international celebrities, known for her fashionable clothing, witty remarks, fierce independence, and ties to the Bonapartes of France.
