The Empress EugéNie in England

The Burlington Press

The Empress Eugnie in EnglandArt, Architecture, Collecting\nAuthor(s): Anthony Geraghty\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The Burlington Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: The Burlington Press\nISBN-13: 9781916237827, 978-1916237827\nSynopsis\nTold with exceptional scholarship, wit and humanity; the book itself is a ravishingly beautiful object - World of Interiors\n\nGeraghty excels in uncovering the allusions that added up to a patriotic statement about French cultures ability to absorb and refine diverse European precedents - Apollo\n\nBeautifully illustrated book reconstructs what the house, collections and mausoleum were like before 1920 - Spectator\n\nThis absorbing book tells the story of Empress Eugnie [tel], the wife of Napoleon III and the last Empress-Consort of France. Today she is remembered for her physical beauty, for her influence as a taste maker and for her glittering contribution to the second imperial court but she outlived the Second Empire by half a century and lived .