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Book Synopsis The Empress of South America by : Nigel Cawthorne
Download or read book The Empress of South America written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by William Heinemann. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in Ireland in the 1840's, Eliza Lynch left the country as a young girl, fleeing the potato famine with her parents. As a young woman, she became one of Paris most celebrated courtesans, until she was persuaded by the son of the dictator of Paraguay, to leave Paris for South America, where he promised he would make her Empress of the entire continent. Back in Asuncion, they embarked on a programme of extravagant building (the grandiose buildings they commissioned included a replica of the Palais Garnier), acquisition (Eliza's collection of jewellery was legendary), hospitality (Eliza was known to attend balls dressed as Elizabeth I, highly impractical, given the weather) and, finally, war. Paraguay declared war on a coalition that included not only all the other states in S American, but also the USA, France and Britain. By the time their reign was over, Paraguay's population had been devastated. Eliza died in poverty in Paris. Buried in Pere Lachaise, her corpse was dead up by dead of night in 1961, and smuggled back to Paraguay, where General Stroessner planned, despite the condemnation of the Church, to make her the centre of an Evita-style cult. Her body lies there to this
Book Synopsis The Empress of South America by : Nigel Cawthorne
Download or read book The Empress of South America written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by . This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Empress of South America is the true story of the Irish woman who started the biggest war in the Americas. A redhead from County Cork, Eliza Lynch rose to become the highest paid courtesan in Paris before bedding the son of the Perpetual Dictator of Paraguay who promised to make her the Empress of South America. When he seized power in Paraguay, she cajoled him into attacking Brazil, Argentine and Uruguay - simultaneously. Not a good idea. She was seen riding at the head of the army. In the six-year war, over a million died. There was no male left in Paraguay over nine years old. Her boyfriend cut down by the Brazilian cavalry, she was captured fleeing through the jungle in a ball gown. A young Brazilian officer took pity on her and smuggled her out of the country. Back in London, she was a wealthy woman. During the war she had looted the country. She had stolen the entire Paraguayan treasury, stripped the churches of their gold and stolen all the jewels of the rich families. She returned to Paris where she lived in some style. Dying in 1886, she was buried in Père Lachaise cemetery. In 1961, a Lebanese drug dealer climbed over the wall, dug her up and smuggled her remains back to Paraguay where she now lies in the largest marble mausoleum in South America and is Paraguay's national heroine. Talk about get away with it.The Empress of South America is the true story of one of the most remarkable - and forgotten - women of the nineteenth century. You couldn't make it up. You would not believe it if it hadn't actually happened.
Download or read book The South American written by and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis British Exploits in South America by : William Henry Koebel
Download or read book British Exploits in South America written by William Henry Koebel and published by New York : The Century. This book was released on 1917 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South America by : Hezekiah Butterworth
Download or read book South America written by Hezekiah Butterworth and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Freedom's Mercenaries: Southern South America by : Moises Enrique Rodriguez
Download or read book Freedom's Mercenaries: Southern South America written by Moises Enrique Rodriguez and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1817 and 1825, 10,000 British mercenaries, many of them veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, left Europe to join the armies and navies of Bolivar, San Martin, and other leaders fighting to liberate their countries from the colonial domination of Spain and Portugal. Very few of these mercenaries came back. Many succumbed to tropical diseases or battles, and the remainder settled in the new states that they helped to create. This two-volume edition tells the little known story of these freedom mercenaries. Using historical evidence, this work offers a complete study of the struggle of both Britons and South Americans in these Wars of Independence and analyzes their actions in the larger context of the foreign policies of the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Imperial Russia, and the German States. Each volume features self-contained, but complementary chapters that follow one major unit or volunteer. Written in an approachable style, this book offers insight into an under-examined historical epic.
Download or read book Tyrants written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have committed many acts of cruelty and had an incalculable number of men killed, never knowing whether what I did was right. But I am indifferent to what people think of me." - Genghis Khan A spine-chilling chronicle of dictators and their crimes against humanity, Tyrants introduces the most bloodthirsty madmen - and women - ever to wield power over their unfortunate fellow human beings. From Herod the Great, persecutor of the infant Jesus, to Adolf Hitler, mass murderer and instigator of the most devastating war the world has ever known, this book examines history's most infamous despots and tells in vivid detail the story of the lives they led, their ruthless climb to the top and the destruction and sorrow they left in their wake. Unflinching in its coverage, Tyrants is a gripping and compelling portrait of the darker side of politics and power, revealing the strange and grisly stories behind the world's most infamous autocrats.
Book Synopsis Notes of a Naturalist in South America by : John Ball
Download or read book Notes of a Naturalist in South America written by John Ball and published by London, K. Paul, Trench & Company. This book was released on 1887 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dial written by and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South American Handbook written by and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Humboldt's Travels and Discoveries in South America. 3rd Ed by : Alexander von Humboldt
Download or read book Humboldt's Travels and Discoveries in South America. 3rd Ed written by Alexander von Humboldt and published by . This book was released on 1855 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Courses on Latin America in Institutions of Higher Education in the United States by : Pan American Union. Division of Education
Download or read book Courses on Latin America in Institutions of Higher Education in the United States written by Pan American Union. Division of Education and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis South American Emancipation by : Francisco de Miranda
Download or read book South American Emancipation written by Francisco de Miranda and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The American Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American national trade bibliography.
Book Synopsis Latin America, historical and actual by : George Washington Crichfield
Download or read book Latin America, historical and actual written by George Washington Crichfield and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scarlet Women written by Ian Graham and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1965, an impoverished elderly woman was found dead in Nice, France. Her death marked the end of an era; she was the last of the great courtesans. Known as La Belle Otero, she was a volcanic Spanish beauty whose patrons included Kaiser Wilhelm II, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) and Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia. She accumulated an enormous fortune, but gambled it all away. Scarlet Women tells her story and many more, including: Marie Duplessis, who inspired characters by both Dumas and Verdi; Clara Ward, a rare American courtesan who hunted for a European aristocrat, but having married a Belgian prince, ran away with a gypsy violinist; Ninon de L'Enclos, who was offered 50,000 crowns by Cardinal Richelieu for one night. Money left in her will paid for Voltaire's education. Courtesans were an elite group of talented, professional mistresses. The most successful became wealthy and famous in their own right. While they led charmed lives, they occupied a curious position: they enjoyed freedom and political power unknown to most women, but they were ostracised by polite society. From the hetaerae of ancient Greece to the cortigiani onesti of 16th century Venice, the oiran of Edo-period Japan to the demimondaines of 19th century France, this captivating book--perfect for readers of A Treasury of Royal Scandals--uncovers the rich, colorful lives of these women who dared to pursue fortunes outside their societies' norms.
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Download or read book American Foreign Service Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
