Used book – Lola, Catherine Hermary-Vieille

Breaking hearts wherever she went, unleashing passions, causing scandals, Lola Montez undoubtedly lived one of the most tumultuous lives of the 19th century. Who could have guessed that this fake Andalusian dancer was born in Ireland and grew up in Calcutta? In Warsaw, in front of hundreds of spectators, she defied the Russian governor. In Berlin, she whipped a Prussian gendarme. In Munich, she seduced Ludwig I of Bavaria and sparked a revolution in the city. This gripping novel retraces her extraordinary destiny. Thanks to Catherine Hermary-Vieille, we discover an exceptional woman, refusing to accept fate, inventing her life with freedom and insolence, traveling the world in pursuit of glory and an impossible happiness. A tragic and unforgettable figure. "Nearly five hundred pages of strong emotions (...) India here smells of monsoon and tea, Parisian fabrics slip through your fingers, and pioneering America creaks like a Western wagon. We steal a bit of Lola Montez's madness, splendor, and misery." Renaud Matignon, "Le Figaro"