Izabela the Valiant: The Story of an Indomitable Polish Princess

by Adam Zamoyski

Book Overview

Trawling through a vast family archive and arcane sources in half a dozen languages, Adam Zamoyski has revealed the dramatic life of his great-great-great grandmother, an uneducated, vulnerable girl cast into a man's world.

Her aristocratic position enmeshed her in high politics and close encounters with Frederick the Great, Benjamin Franklin, Rousseau, Joseph II, Marie-Antoinette and Tsar Alexander I, and earned her the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0008521689
• ISBN13: 9780008521684
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: William Collins
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"