The Remarkable Rise of Eliza Jumel : A Story of Marriage and Money in the Early Republic (Hardcover)

from tistje

the story of a brave woman but somewhat too romantical to meet my expectations

from Beamis12

One can tell this book has been well researched, easy to tell by all the facts presented. But I am a narrative non-fiction kind of gal and this is a more scholarly piece of work. So while I loved learning about the history, shipping and art of this time period and I did read enough to learn that ...

from Jaylia3

Born in a brothel just weeks after the start of the American Revolutionary War, Betsy Bowen's life may not have started auspiciously, but by the time Eliza Jumel Burr died 90 years later the Civil War had ended and she had transformed herself into a prominent citizen who had mostly disguised her ...

from Jaylia3

Born in a brothel just weeks after the start of the American Revolutionary War, Betsy Bowen's life may not have started auspiciously, but by the time Eliza Jumel Burr died 90 years later the Civil War had ended and she had transformed herself into a prominent citizen who had mostly disguised her ...