Lola Montez Her Life & Conquests James Morton 2007 Vintage Hardback Book 1st Ed.

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This is fresh from the attic in excellent vintage condition .

Wine coloured cloth boards under a matt colour jacket that shows just the tiniest hints of shelfwear.

Boards excellent some very minimal wear and dust marks to the text block.

All the pages are sharp and clean with no messy graffiti of any kind or name inscriptions. No foxing.

Spine excellent with gilt titles visible and no noticeable wear.

Very appealing book.

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SIZE: Height 24 cms x Width 15.5 cms.
FORMAT: Hardback
PAGES: 390 inc. Index.

Born Eliza Gilbert in 1821, in Sligo, Ireland the daughter of an English Army Officer and a Milliner. She eloped with her first husband at the age of fifteen and ended up in India where she metamorphosed into 'Lola Montez' capitalizing upon the magnetic appeal she had to men including nobility and celebrities of the Day.

Her lovers included Franz Liszt the composer. One lover was killed in a duel. A fiery tempered woman handy with the whip she even shot at lovers in rage and was involved in one of the greatest scandals of the century the destruction of King Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Lola died at 39, but this book illustrates a life that belies those short years not the least in the number of lovers and certainly in excitement.

Illustrations: Black and White.

BOOK HIGHLIGHTS:

• Hardback
• Illustrated
• First Edition
• Collectable
• Vintage Book

BOOK ERA:

• 2000's Vintage Books

This vintage book has been specially selected by Kitty for good quality and its individual appeal.

James Morton.

James Morton is the author of many successful books on organized crime including, 'Sex, Crimes and Misdemeanours' and the biography 'The First Detective'.

Morton most likely gleaned a deep insight into the criminal world - developed throughout his career as a defence lawyer.

Reviews:

"The author writes amusingly and tells good anecdotes; his research is prodigious, but served up lightly." - The Guardian

"Morton is civilised, liberal and amusing." - The Times


At the time of publication the author lived in London.
He travelled extensively following Montez's footsteps through Europe, America and Australia in researching and writing this biography.


Publisher: Portrait, Piatkus Books Ltd.
Date: 2007
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardback
Dust Jacket: N/A
ISBN: 0 7499 5115 X
SKU: KT-Lol-34BG355

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