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She emerged to an uncertain future: an orphan, exile, and focus of political plots and marriage schemes of the crowned heads of Europe. Throughout, she remained stubbornly loyal to France and to the Bourbon dynasty of which she was part. However, the horrors she had witnessed and been a victim to would haunt her for the rest of her life.
Many believe to this day that the traumatized princess was switched with her "half sister" and spirited away to live as "the Dark Countess", leaving the impostor to play her role on the political stage of Europe. Now, 200 years later, using handwriting samples, DNA testing, and a cache of Bourbon family letters, Susan Nagel finally solves this mystery.
Nagel tells a remarkable story of an astonishing woman, from her birth, to her upbringing by doting parents, through to Revolution, imprisonment, exile, Restoration, and, finally, her reincarnation as saint and matriarch.
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- GabriellaSz
- 2021-03-26
Powerful work and well read!
Very informative and moving work on many levels. This is an incredible study of survival and PTSD of a woman who survived hell from the French revolutionaries. The brutalities committed on her brother are absolutely mind blowing, it's no wonder her trauma never left her yet she was an inspirational woman throughout her life. Highly recommend!!
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