Margaret de Flahaut (1788-1867)
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Margaret de Flahaut (1788-1867) by Diana Scarisbrick
The political and social worlds of France, England and Vienna during the period which began with the French Revolution and ended with the Second Empire are engagingly seen through the eyes of a highly intelligent Scotswoman, Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, who weds Charles de Flahaut, a Napoleonic general, against the wishes of her admiral father.
'Diana Scarisbrick tells Margaret's story expertly and elegantly in this sumptuously produced and illustrated bookShe evokes a fascinating world peopled by a cast of striking individuals-including one of the most terrifying mothers-in-law in history, the marquise de Souza.' The Art Newspaper; 'An . . . extraordinary story . . .' The Victorian; 'Much new information on Princess Charlotte (from whom she received 575 letters), the Duc d'Orleans, son of Louis Philippe, and Napoleon III, and their households, as well as on her husband, Napoleon's favourite ADC, Charles de Flahaut.' The Society for Court Studies
Diana Scarisbrick, FSA (1928–2024), was a historian specializing in jewellery and engraved gems. She curated exhibitions in the United Kingdom and abroad and wrote many books, including, more recently, Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty (2007) and Portrait Jewels: Opulence and Intimacy from the Medici to the Romanovs (2011). For many years she was the historian of Chaumet, the great Parisian jeweller. As research associate at the Beazley Archive, Oxford, she collaborated with Professor Sir John Boardman and Claudia Wagner on The Beverley Collection of Gems at Alnwick Castle (Philip Wilson Publishers, 2016). In 2014 she published with Benjamin Zucker the biography of Elihu Yale (Thames & Hudson). Among her last books were Diamond Jewelry: 700 Years of Glory and Glamour (ISBN 978-0-500-02150-7) published by Thames & Hudson in September 2019, and the two volumes devoted to the Griffin collection of rings and published by Paul Holberton in 2021 and 2024.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781898565161 |
| ISBN 10 | 1898565163 |
| Title | Margaret de Flahaut (1788-1867) |
| Author | Diana Scarisbrick |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | John Adamson Publishing Consultants |
| Year published | 2019-03-28 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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