The Shadows of Elisa Lynch: How a Nineteenth Century Irish Courtesan Became the Most Powerful Woman in Paraguay

By Siân Rees and Siân Rees

Book Overview

In 1853 a beautiful Irishwoman left her soldier husband in Algeria to seek adventure in the boulevards of Paris. There she met Fransisco Solano Lopez, the son of a Paraguayan dictator. He had... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755311140
• ISBN13: 9780755311149
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Headline Book Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.