THE TRAGIC EMPRESS: intimate conversations with the Empress Eugenie 1901-1911.
Translated by Hamish Miles. Pp. 256, frontispiece portrait, appendix, index; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, lettered in gilt and decorated in blind, the boards faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and fore-corners slightly bruised, the spine lightly faded; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, the outer leaves slightly offset, hinges starting at a couple of points, a little light foxing; Thornton Butterworth Limited, London, n.d.[1920?]. First edition in English. *Maurice Paleologue (1859-1944) was a diplomat and historian who served as the French Ambassador to the Russian Empire from 1914 to 1917. Empress Eugenie (1826-1920) was the wife of Napoleon III. Item #182418
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