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1 online resource (333 pages) |
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Print version record. |
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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. |
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17. Finale: Adagio CantabileAcknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; Back Flip; Back Cover. |
| 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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Merlin, María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, comtesse de, 1789-1852.
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Merlin, María de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, comtesse de, 1789-1852. (OCoLC)fst00173654
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Countesses -- Spain -- Biography.
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Countesses -- Cuba -- Biography.
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Socialites -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
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Socialites -- Spain -- Madrid -- Biography.
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Women authors, Cuban -- Biography.
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Slavery -- Political aspects -- Cuba -- History -- 19th century.
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Spain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
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Cuba -- History -- 1810-1899 -- Biography.
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Countesses -- Cuba -- Biography.
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Countesses -- Spain -- Biography.
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Cuba -- History -- 1810-1899 -- Biography.
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Merlin, Marí a de las Mercedes Santa Cruz y Montalvo, comtesse de, 1789-1852.
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Socialites -- Cuba -- Biography.
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Socialites -- France -- Paris -- Biography.
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Socialites -- Spain -- Madrid -- Biography.
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Spain -- Court and courtiers -- Biography.
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Women authors, Cuban -- Biography.
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HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
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Countesses. (OCoLC)fst00881352
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Courts and courtiers. (OCoLC)fst00881829
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Slavery -- Political aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01120480
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Socialites. (OCoLC)fst01123767
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Women authors, Cuban. (OCoLC)fst01177246
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Cuba. (OCoLC)fst01205805
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France -- Paris.
(OCoLC)fst01205283
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Spain. (OCoLC)fst01204303
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Spain -- Madrid.
(OCoLC)fst01204086
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1800 - 1899
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Print version: García-Lapuerta, Alina. Belle Créole : The Cuban Countess Who Captivated Havana, Madrid, and Paris. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, ©2014 9781613745366 |
| ISBN |
9781613745373 (electronic bk.) |
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1613745370 (electronic bk.) |
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1322027900 (electronic bk.) |
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9781322027906 (electronic bk.) |
