La Belle Créole : The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris.
Title:
La Belle Créole : The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris.
Author:
García-Lapuerta, Alina.
ISBN:
9781613745373
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (333 pages)
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 Cantabile -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- Back Flip -- Back Cover.
Abstract:
Born in Havana, Alina García-Lapuerta holds degrees in international economics from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and international relations from Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and worked for a number of years in banking. Now based in London with her Spanish American husband and their two children, she spends considerable time in South Florida. She is a member of Biographers International Organization and the Biographers' Club.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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