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Author Unwin, Brian, author

Title A tale in two cities : Fanny Burney and Adèle, Comtesse de Boigne / Brian Unwin
Published London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 259 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color)
Contents Fanny -- Adèle -- Napoleon -- Wellington -- Kings & Queens -- Actors, artist & intellectuals -- Views across the channel -- Blood & death -- Fanny & Adèle: A comparison -- Epilogue
Summary "Through the observations of these immensely well-connected and brilliant writers, Brian Unwin provides a fresh and fascinating insight into some of the principal events and persons of one of the most seminal and turbulent periods of modern European history."--Bloomsbury Publishing
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-252) and index
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Subject Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Homes and haunts -- Sources
Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 -- Friends and associates -- Sources
Boigne, Louise-Eléonore-Charlotte-Adélaide d'Osmond, comtesse de, 1781-1866 -- Homes and haunts -- Sources
Boigne, Louise-Eléonore-Charlotte-Adélaide d'Osmond, comtesse de, 1781-1866 -- Friends and associates -- Sources
SUBJECT Burney, Fanny, 1752-1840 fast
Boigne, Louise-Eléonore-Charlotte-Adélaide d'Osmond, comtesse de, 1781-1866 fast
Subject Biography: historical, political & military.
Social conditions
Homes
Friendship
SUBJECT London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Sources
London (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources
Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Sources
Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Sources
Subject France -- Paris
England -- London
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Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780755621545
0755621549
9780857734822
0857734822