The Empress
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The extraordinary early nineteenth century gardens of Josephine Bonaparte at Malmaison are revealed in this lavish publication. One hundred and twenty colored stipple engravings depict a dazzling array of exotic plants from around the world, while the text tells the fascinating story of how the first wife of Napoleon I ...more
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16 full-color, accurately costumed paper dolls recapture the magnificent dress and regal bearing of Cleopatra, Nefertiti, Grace Kelly, and 13 other royal women. 16 additional costumes. Notes. ...more
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First detailed account of how so much of Empress Josephine's collection came to be at the Hermitage Museum. ...more
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During his lifetime, Sir Robert Walpole (1675 - 1745), first Prime Minister of England, amassed a magnificent collection of paintings and sculptures at Houghton Hall, the house he built in Norfolk. This book recreates the Houghton of Walpole's day, with many of its original paintings, drawings, and objets d'art, arranged ...more
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This lavishly illustrated volume explores the ways in which Napoleon's consort, "the incomparable Josephine," made use of art and patronage in the fashioning of her royal identity. Josephine (17631814) was a prominent public figure, an arbiter of taste, and one of the most popular French consorts, but only in recent ...more
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This elegantly illustrated and beautifully produced publication is a catalogue of a Royal Museum of Scotland exhibition that opens in July of 2005 and promises to be "one of the finest cultural events of the year" in Great Britain. It details the public and private lives of the last of ...more
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The personal story of the famous drag queen from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil describes an abuse-marked childhood, character development, rise to stardom, and secrets of survival. ...more
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Astonishing in their lush realism and symbolic depth, the color images in this book by award-winning artist Zhong-Yang Huang draw readers into the mysterious Forbidden City. This fictionalized memoir of Cixi, a former Imperial concubine who ruled behind the throne for nearly half a century, includes intimate details about daily ...more
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Catherine the Great (1729-1796) wrote over two dozen plays and operettas, but not until this edition has a complete translation of any of them been available to an English- speaking readership. Oh, These Times& (1772) is a satirical attack on many vices Catherine wished to root out from her society: ...more
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