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Becoming Lola [Kindle Edition]

Harriet Steel (Author)

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Length: 318 pages
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Product Description

Becoming Lola brings to vibrant life the story of how Eliza Gilbert, the daughter of an obscure Ensign in the British Army and his cold Irish wife, became Lola Montez: dancer, courtesan, bigamist, mistress to a king and the nineteenth-century’s most notorious adventuress. Blazing like a female firecracker across the stages and courts of Europe and beyond, she was, for a while, second only to Queen Victoria in fame.

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Format: Kindle Edition
File Size: 433 KB
Print Length: 318 pages
Publisher: YouWriteOn Publishing (5 Dec 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.� r.l.
Language English
ASIN: B0062LPBDC
Text-to-Speech: Enabled

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #66,896 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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An amazing woman 1 April 2011

By B&J

Format:Paperback

I had never heard of Lola Montez until reading Harriet Steel's book. It's an amazing story and incredible that this 19th centuary "femme fatale" isn't better known. Thank you, Ms. Steel for a great read.

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Very enjoyable read 29 Jan 2012

By Louise Smith

Format:Kindle Edition

I also hadn't heard of Lola Montez until I read this book but found it fascinating to learn about her in such a colourful, vibrant fashion. The book takes you all across Europe and the Indian sub-continent following Lola's path from childhood to Victorian celebrity. It was easy to read and absorbing at the same time.

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Absorbing read 5 April 2012

By Bibi

Format:Kindle Edition

Based on the true life story of a girl who became a notorious 19th century adventuress this is a lusty and colourful novel.

An amazing woman's exploits brought to life vividly.

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A meserising tale

What a story and what a ride! In the days when women kept in the background, Lola Montez stormed her way through life and through Europe and beyond. Read more

Published 2 months ago by C. Kirby

A scandalous life

Beautiful, wilful and quick-tempered, Lola Montez was notorious in her own lifetime. Born Eliza Gilbert, she became a dancer, had numerous (and often scandalous) affairs and at one... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Caroline Jay

Becoming Lola by Harriet Steel.

I can't tell you how disappointed I was with this book. The real life story of Lola Montez/Eliza Gilbert is an awe inspiring one, but the author of this particular version does her... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Joe Wright

A chronicle of self-invention

More than a century before the modern cult of fame and celebrity, Lola Montez blazed across the stages and courts of mid-19th century Europe, in a star-burst of self-invention - no... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Paul Pontville

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