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The Lives of Eliza Lynch: Courage and Scandal
Michael Lillis
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hardcover. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Her notorious reputation was invented by Paraguay's enemies in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay (who wiped out over ninety per cent of the male population of Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance of 1864-70), and by Paraguay's tiny Spanish elite who hated her glamour and sophistication. `I represent Scandal,' she ruefully admitted. The authors have discovered the truth about Eliza's Irish origins and the cruel deception of her marriage at the age of sixteen to a duplicitous French Army officer. They reconstruct the systematic invention of her image as a ... Read more
Her notorious reputation was invented by Paraguay's enemies in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay (who wiped out over ninety per cent of the male population of Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance of 1864-70), and by Paraguay's tiny Spanish elite who hated her glamour and sophistication. `I represent Scandal,' she ruefully admitted. The authors have discovered the truth about Eliza's Irish origins and the cruel deception of her marriage at the age of sixteen to a duplicitous French Army officer. They reconstruct the systematic invention of her image as a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Gill & Macmillan Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
322
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780717146116
SKU
KTJ8039278
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About Michael Lillis
Michael Lillis is a former diplomat who played a leading role in negotiating the Anglo-Irish Agreement on Northern Ireland of 1985. For the past two decades he has pursued business interests in South America. Ronan Fanning is Director of Archives Acquisitions and Professor Emeritus of Modern History at UCD.
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