Author of “The Comedy and Tragedy of the Second Empire.”
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“The Empress was regarded as the most beautiful woman in Europe. She had been raised from the position of a subject to the dizzy heights of an Imperial throne. She had made history, and was looked upon as the centre of political mystery, and by some as the prime cause of the Franco-Prussian War. She lives on still, a woman active in mind and body, who, in spite of her great age, has travelled within the last four years in France, Italy, Austria, Norway, Spain, and even as far as Ceylon. As it seems certain that we are never to have her own reminiscences, Mr. Legge has been diligent in collecting material, and has forestalled the unauthenticated biographies which will be poured out on the death of the Empress.”
Daily Mail.
“The author has done his work remarkably well, and his pages are marked by tact and discretion as well as by freshness, vigour and interest. The narrative, though not strictly speaking an authorized one, is based upon documents and first-hand information, and its tone, while thoroughly sympathetic, is refreshingly free from the defect of undue bias.”—Morning Post.
“The author, besides his former connection with a great newspaper, has various qualifications, among others, an ever-present delicacy, that fit him for his undertaking.”—Chicago Post.
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Author of “The Most Illustrious Ladies of the Italian Renaissance,” “The Life of Louis XI.,” “A Queen of Queens and the making of Spain,” “Marguerite of Austria,” &c.