{"product_id":"eugenie-desmond-seward-9781839012464","title":"Eugenie: The Empress and her Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom 1853 to 1870 Eug nie de Montijo was Empress of the French, sharing the Second Empire with her husband Napoleon III.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The last woman to reign over France, she personifies the allure glimpsed in Winterhalter's portraits and the music of Jacques Offenbach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It was 'eighteen years of self-indulgence, folly and wild gaiety, of love affairs and unbelievable elegance', a survivor wistfully recalled. 'For a short time, too short a time, it seemed as if we were glittering ghosts from the splendours of the eighteenth century.' In many ways the Second Empire was a final flicker of the ancient regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This meticulously researched portrait reveals the empress as a nineteenth century fashion icon who possessed an intelligent and politically shrewd mind, whose splendour faded from view along with the Second Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Desmond Seward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1839012463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781839012464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lume Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.64d","brand":"Desmond Seward","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043430658303,"sku":"9781839012464","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43b735f9-2e6a-47d3-b30c-3d39473cd4aa.jpg?v=1684967108","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/eugenie-desmond-seward-9781839012464","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}