Life Was Simpler Then Ancient & Classical begun in 1967and comprising works

begun in 1967and comprising works in a variety of media

The passions and intrigues of Napoleon Bonaparte's court are brought vividly to life through an unusual point of view: that of a merchant's young daughter from Marseilles who became Napoleon's fiancée and rose to become queen of Sweden

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Life Was Simpler Then Ancient & Classical begun in 1967and comprising worksIn this charming book of personal recollections, the author returns to her childhood in Western Missouri and re creates the way of life as she then knew it. There is, for instance, an amusing section on the series of hired men who helped on the farm, followed by chapters on spring house cleaning, on family reunions, on church attendance, on the Chautaugua. It was a time when there was a second table for the children at dinner parties, when a helpful,