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1216 - DUMAS (Alexandre). Memoirs of a Favourite. Paris, Michel Lév…
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DUMAS (Alexandre). Memoirs of a Favourite. Paris, Michel Lévy / Librairie nouvelle, 1865. 4 in-12 volumes of (4)-318 pp., (4)-320 pp., (4)-320 pp., (4)-300 pp. Contemporary green half-basane, spine decorated with gilt bands. First edition. An imaginary diary of the wife of the British ambassador, Lady Hamilton, at the court of Naples, from her unhappy childhood to her miserable end, via her labourious youth, her famous lovers, her marriage, her life of intrigue as confidante to Queen Marie-Caroline, and her moment of glory as Admiral Nelson’s mistress. She reappears in Dumas’s last great novel, *La San Felice*.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 3 of 4 – Nos. 1085 to 1642
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Auction time 08/21/2026 at 2:00 PM
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