"King Lustik" - this is how contemporaries mocked the pleasure-loving and profligate Jérome Bonaparte. In fact, Napoleon's youngest brother, under whose rule the Kingdom of Westphalia was created between 1807 and 1813, basked in the splendour of a magnificent court and the lavish staging of his monarchy. More than twenty well-founded essays analyse the light and dark sides of the model state.
Group
Books (second-hand)
State
Second Hand
Title
König Lustik!? Jérome Bonaparte und der Modellstaat Königreich Westphalen
Details
Very many mostly colour illustrations, large format. Munich: Hirmer Verlag 2008. 567 pages. Private dedication on endpaper.