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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Berkin, Carol.
Wondrous beauty : the life and adventures of Elizabeth Patterson
Bonaparte / Carol Berkin.—First edition.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-307-59278-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)
eBook ISBN: 978-0-385-35162-1
1. Bonaparte, Elizabeth Patterson, 1785–1879. 2. Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, 1784–1860. 3. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769–1821—Family. 4. Women—Maryland—Baltimore—Biography. 5. Baltimore (Md.)—Biography. I. Title.
DC216.95.B629B47 2014 943’.5506092—dc23 [B] 2013015270
Jacket image: Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson with her son, Jérôme Patterson-Bonaparte (detail). 1806–1810. Attributed to François-Joseph Kinson bpk, Berlin / Neue Galerie, Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel / Art Resource, NY
Jacket design by Kelly Blair
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