General de KalbUniversity of North Carolina Press, 1966 - 251 էջ Originally published in 1966, A. E. Zucker presented the first modern biography of General de Kalb, a German by birth who held the rank of major general in the Continental Army and died at the Battle of Camden during the American Revolutionary War. Through the use of previously unpublished materials, Zucker's biography challenged previous views of de Kalb and depicts his relationship with Lafayette. |
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... mistresses at his court , among them a highly cultured English- woman , the daughter of the Earl of Berkeley ... mistress , Mlle . Clairon , a French actress who had held the post for seventeen years . Six years later she managed ...
... mistresses at his court , among them a highly cultured English- woman , the daughter of the Earl of Berkeley ... mistress , Mlle . Clairon , a French actress who had held the post for seventeen years . Six years later she managed ...
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... mistress of Louis XV . With great singleness of purpose and firm tact , she managed to attract the attention of the king , and two years after their first meeting , Louis entered upon a liaison with her . Her husband , still very much ...
... mistress of Louis XV . With great singleness of purpose and firm tact , she managed to attract the attention of the king , and two years after their first meeting , Louis entered upon a liaison with her . Her husband , still very much ...
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... mistress of the king . For four years Jeanne Bécu lived with the Comte du Barry , going by the name of Comptesse du Barry , and did not object to being lent out by her procurer ; this earned for her the name of " du Barry's milk cow ...
... mistress of the king . For four years Jeanne Bécu lived with the Comte du Barry , going by the name of Comptesse du Barry , and did not object to being lent out by her procurer ; this earned for her the name of " du Barry's milk cow ...
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