Intimate Enemies

Intimate Enemies
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Publisher : LSU Press
Total Pages : 441
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ISBN-10 : 9780807149652
ISBN-13 : 0807149659
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Book Synopsis Intimate Enemies by : Christina Vella

Download or read book Intimate Enemies written by Christina Vella and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004-01-23 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born into wealth in New Orleans in 1795, Micaela Almonester was married into misery in France sixteen years later. Against a richly woven historical background of two centuries and two vivid societies. Christina Vella unfolds the amazing true account of this resilient woman's life - and the three men who most affected its course: her father, Andres, an illustrious New Orleans builder in whose footsteps she eventually followed with great distinction; her father-in-law, Xavier, who for more than twenty years tried to destroy her marriage and seize control of her fortune, eventually shooting Mica.


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