Soldier Princess
The Life and Legend of Agnes Salm-Salm in North America, 1861-1867
The beautiful and mysterious Princess Agnes Salm-Salm captivated East Coast society for a decade after 1861. She played a sometimes controversial, often conspicuous, and always colorful role in three of the century's major events: the American Civil War, the fall of Maximilian's empire in Mexico, and the Franco-Prussian War.An alluring American woman with an unknown past, she married a German soldier of fortune who served in the Union army and happened also to be a minor prince. Stories showed her alongside her husband in battle areas, treating the wounded and using her beauty and assertiveness to seek his professional advancement. Her exploi…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-58544-168-6
- EAN: 9781585441686
- Produktnummer: 9671351
- Verlag: Texas A & M University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.6 cm 390 g
- Abbildungen: bibliography, index, 2 appendices
- Gewicht: 390
- Sonstiges: Undergraduate
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DAVID COFFEY is an assistant professor of history at the University of Tennessee at Martin and the author of John Bell Hood and the Struggle for Atlanta.
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