'Wonderfully written...a fascinating episode...which never loses its momentum or its sharpness of focus' The Times
Beautiful Irishwoman Eliza Lynch became briefly, in the 1860s, the richest woman in the world. We first encounter her in Paris, in bed with Francisco Solano Lopez - heir to the untold wealth of Paraguay. The fruit of their congress will be extraordinary, and will send her across the Atlantic on a regal voyage to claim her glorious future in Asunción.
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch is a bold and brilliantly achieved novel about sex, beauty and corruption at the end of the old world.
| ISBN: | 9780099436942 |
| Publication date: | 2nd October 2003 |
| Author: | Anne Enright |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 229 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Interior life Narrative theme: Social issues Historical Fiction |
'Wonderfully written...a fascinating episode...which never loses its momentum or its sharpness of focus' The Times
Beautiful Irishwoman Eliza Lynch became briefly, in the 1860s, the richest woman in the world. We first encounter her in Paris, in bed with Francisco Solano Lopez - heir to the untold wealth of Paraguay. The fruit of their congress will be extraordinary, and will send her across the Atlantic on a regal voyage to claim her glorious future in Asunción.
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch is a bold and brilliantly achieved novel about sex, beauty and corruption at the end of the old world.
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Social issues, Historical Fiction
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch is available in Paperback
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch was written by Anne Enright and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch has 229 pages
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