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- Book Title
- Belle Créole : the Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris
- Publication Name
- La Belle Créole
- Title
- La Belle Créole
- Subtitle
- The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781613738290
- ISBN
- 9781613738290
- Publisher
- Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, Women Authors, Europe / Spain & Portugal, General, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Latin America / General, Historical
- Release Date
- 01/09/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 15.1 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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2015 Internation Latino Book Awards Honorable Mention for Best Biography in English Known for her beauty and angelic voice, Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, la Belle Cr ole, was a Cuban-born star of nineteenth-century Parisian society. She befriended aristocrats and artists alike, including Balzac, Baron de Rothschild, Rossini, and the opera diva La Malibran. A daughter of the creole aristocracy, Mercedes led a tumultuous life, leaving her native Havana as a teenager to join her mother in the heart of Madrid's elite society. As Napoleon swept Spain into the Peninsular War, Mercedes' family remained at the center of the storm, and her marriage to French general Christophe-Antoine Merlin tied her fortunes to France. Arriving in Paris in the aftermath of the French defeat, she re-created her life, ultimately hosting the city's premier musical salon. Acknowledged as one of the greatest amateur sopranos of her day, she nurtured artistic careers and daringly paved the way for well-born singers to publicly perform in lavish philanthropic concerts. Beyond her musical renown, Mercedes achieved fame as a writer. Her memoirs and travel writings introduced European audiences to nineteenth-century Cuban society and contributed to the debate over slavery. Scholars still quote her descriptions of Havana life and recognize her as Cuba's earliest female author. Mercedes epitomized an unusually modern life, straddling cultures and celebrated on both sides of the Atlantic. Her memoirs, travel writings, and very personal correspondence serve as the basis for this first-ever English-language biography of the passionate and adventuresome Belle Cr ole.
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Publisher
Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1613738293
ISBN-13
9781613738290
eBay Product ID (ePID)
234539188
Product Key Features
Book Title
Belle Créole : the Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Women Authors, Europe / Spain & Portugal, General, Caribbean & West Indies / Cuba, Latin America / General, Historical
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
15.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Reviews
"Garca-Lapuerta captures the reader's imagination with vivid details of Mercedes's life in Cuba, Madrid, and Paris. Garca-Lapuerta's beautifully written account of La Belle Crole illuminates lesser-known aspects of 19th-century transatlantic culture and the roles powerful women were able to play in it." - Publishers Weekly, "Garca-Lapuerta captures the reader's imagination with vivid details of Mercedes's life in Cuba, Madrid, and Paris. Garca-Lapuerta's beautifully written account of La Belle Crole illuminates lesser-known aspects of 19th-century transatlantic culture and the roles powerful women were able to play in it." -- Publishers Weekly, "Alina Garcia-Lapuerta has pulled the most interesting times out of Mercedes varied past and brought to life a captivating woman who was ahead of her time." --Stephanie's Book Reviews, "Garcia-Lapuerta's passion for the subject is palpable. After I read her marvelous La Belle Crole I can admit, Mercedes reached across time and seduced me too -- her story reads like a great romance novel." --LostPastRemembered, " La Belle Cr ole is an extraordinary tale of a beautiful, warm-hearted woman born into the fabulous wealth of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Cuban aristocracy. Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo (later Countess Merlin) nevertheless found the strength to assert her independence and carve out her own place in the world. In this meticulously researched, fascinating book, Alina Garca-Lapuerta not only introduces us to an inspiring heroine but shows us what biography at its best can do." -Jehanne Wake, author of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's Unconventional Daughter and Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad, "A fascinating book about a charming personality who deserves to be remembered." --Hugh Thomas, author of The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 1440-1870 and Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico, "García-Lapuerta captures the reader's imagination with vivid details of Mercedes's life in Cuba, Madrid, and Paris. García-Lapuerta's beautifully written account of La Belle Créole illuminates lesser-known aspects of 19th-century transatlantic culture and the roles powerful women were able to play in it." -- Publishers Weekly, "La Belle Crole" is a welcome book, one that adds a colorful brush stroke or two to our image of the early and mid-19th century." -- Wall Street Journal, "Garcia provides a comprehensive and critical account of the life, work and environment of a singular woman whose impact reverberated on both sides of the Atlantic." -- EFE, " La Belle Cr é ole is an extraordinary tale of a beautiful, warm-hearted woman born into the fabulous wealth of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Cuban aristocracy. Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo (later Countess Merlin) nevertheless found the strength to assert her independence and carve out her own place in the world. In this meticulously researched, fascinating book, Alina García-Lapuerta not only introduces us to an inspiring heroine but shows us what biography at its best can do." --Jehanne Wake, author of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's Unconventional Daughter and Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad, "This work marks the first full-length English-language biography of the countess and draws upon her letters, memoirs, and contemporary news accounts to make a highly readable story. An influential biography that will captivate readers of all types." -- Library Journal, "[LaPuerta] makes both the Cuba of old and her heroine feel hauntingly familiar, breathtakingly real." --New Books in Biography, "La Belle Créole" is a welcome book, one that adds a colorful brush stroke or two to our image of the early and mid-19th century." -- Wall Street Journal, "This work marks the first full-length English-language biography of the countess and draws upon her letters, memoirs, and contemporary news accounts to make a highly readable story. An influential biography that will captivate readers of all types." - Library Journal, "A fascinating book about a charming personality who deserves to be remembered." -Hugh Thomas, author of The Slave Trade: The Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 14401870 and Conquest: Cortes, Montezuma, and the Fall of Old Mexico, "Alina Garcia-Lapuerta has pulled the most interesting times out of Mercedes varied past and brought to life a captivating woman who was ahead of her time." -Stephanie's Book Reviews, "Garcia provides a comprehensive and critical account of the life, work and environment of a singular woman whose impact reverberated on both sides of the Atlantic." - EFE, "Garcia-Lapuerta's passion for the subject is palpable. After I read her marvelous La Belle Créole I can admit, Mercedes reached across time and seduced me too -- her story reads like a great romance novel." --LostPastRemembered, " La Belle Cr ole is an extraordinary tale of a beautiful, warm-hearted woman born into the fabulous wealth of the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Cuban aristocracy. Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo (later Countess Merlin) nevertheless found the strength to assert her independence and carve out her own place in the world. In this meticulously researched, fascinating book, Alina Garca-Lapuerta not only introduces us to an inspiring heroine but shows us what biography at its best can do." --Jehanne Wake, author of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria's Unconventional Daughter and Sisters of Fortune: America's Caton Sisters at Home and Abroad, "Garcia-Lapuerta's passion for the subject is palpable. After I read her marvelous La Belle Crole I can admit, Mercedes reached across time and seduced me too -- her story reads like a great romance novel." --LostPastRemembered
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