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La Belle Créole : the Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris
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La Belle Créole : the Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris.
ISBN
9781613745373
1613745370
1322027900
9781322027906
9781613745397
1613745397
9781613745366
1613745362
Published
Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2014.
Physical Description
1 online resource (333 pages)
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Summary
The adventurous woman nicknamed La Belle Créole is brought to life in this book through the full use of her memoirs, contemporary accounts, and her intimate letters. The fascinating María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, also known as Mercedes, and later the Comtesse Merlin, was a Cuban-born aristocrat who was years ahead of her time as a writer, a socialite, a salon host, and a participant in the Cuban slavery debate. Raised in Cuba and shipped off to live with her socialite mother in Spain at the age of 13, Merce.
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Print version: García-Lapuerta, Alina. Belle Créole : The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, ©2014
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 24, 2022
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Front Cover; Front Flip; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Family Tree; Prologue; Part I: Cuba; 1. Havana: A City of Sea and Light; 2. Mercedes and Mamita; 3. Joaquín; 4. Behind the Convent Walls; 5. Adios, Cuba; Part II: Spain; 6. Madrid: Grandeur and Decay; 7. A Sense of Loss; 8. Treason, Hatred, Vengeance; 9. The Good Devils; 10. Adios, España; Part III: France; 11. Starting Over; 12. The Rise of La Belle Créole; 13. Romancing the Past; 14. The Literary Socialite; Part IV: Cuba, Spain, and France; 15. Daughter of Havana; 16. A Song for Havana.
17. Finale: Adagio CantabileAcknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Flip; Back Cover.
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