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Lucia : a Venetian life in the age of Napoleon by Memmo Mocenigo, Lucia;Di Robilant, Andrea is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Lucia : a Venetian life in the age of Napoleon about?
Rome -- Palazzo Mocenigo -- Vienna -- The fall of Venice -- Colonel Plunkett -- Viennese carousel -- The education of Alvisetto -- Lady-in-waiting -- A year in Paris -- Byron's landlady.;In 1787, the beautiful Lucia is married off to Alvise Mocenigo, scion of one of the most powerful Venetian families. But their life as a golden couple will be suddenly transformed when Venice falls to Bonaparte. We witness Lucia's painful series of miscarriages and the pressure on her to produce an heir; her impassioned affair with an Austrian officer; the glamour and strain of her career as a hostess in Vienna; and her amazing firsthand account of the defeat of Napoleon in 1814. With his brave and articulate heroine, Andrea di Robilant has once again reached across the centuries, and deep into his own past, to bring history to rich and vivid life on the page. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Who reads Lucia : a Venetian life in the age of Napoleon?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Memmo Mocenigo, Lucia;Di Robilant, Andrea
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780307268570
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Rating
- 3.75 / 5 (229 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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