Romantic Liars: Obscure Women Who Became Impostors and Challenged an Empire

by D. Lee

Overview

Lee unfolds the stories of six women with a cast of supporting characters such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Benjamin Franklin, Stamford Raffles and Napoleon against the grand narrative of England's 18th century empire building. This book is a meticulously researched, spellbinding tale of tragedy, transformation and triumph in the age of reason.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780312294588
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	02/22/2006
Edition description:	2006
Pages:	249
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

DEBBIE LEE is Assistant Professor of English, Washington State University, USA.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface Crossings The Goddess and the Anorexic The Gentleman, the Witch, and the Beauty The Governor and the Princess Afterward Notes Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

'The stories told by Debbie Lee in Romatic Liars - of women who led fake lives and fooled a great many people - are extraordinary.' - Sharon Ruston, Times Literary Supplement

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