My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879
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About This Book
Mary Alsop King Waddington (April 28, 1833 – June 30, 1923) was an American author. She particularly wrote about her life as the wife of a French diplomat. Early Mary was born in New York City, New York on April 28, 1839 the daughter of Charles King (1789–1867), an American academic, politician, newspaper editor and the ninth president of Columbia College (now Columbia University) and his second wife, Henrietta Liston Low (1799–1882). Her paternal granddaughter was U.S. Senator Rufus King (1755–1827), the Federalist candidate for both Vice President (1804 and 1808) and President of the United ...
Chapters (27)
- MY FIRST YEARS AS A FRENCHWOMAN
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- MY FIRST YEARS AS A FRENCHWOMAN I
- WHEN MACMAHON WAS PRESIDENT
- II
- IMPRESSIONS OF THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES
- III
- M. WADDINGTON AS MINISTER OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
- IV
- THE SOCIAL SIDE OF A MINISTER'S WIFE
- THE SOCIAL SIDE
- V
- A REPUBLICAN VICTORY AND A NEW MINISTRY
- VI
- THE EXPOSITION YEAR
- VII
- THE BERLIN CONGRESS
- VIII
- GAIETIES AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY
- IX
- M. WADDINGTON AS PRIME MINISTER
- X
- PARLIAMENT BACK IN PARIS
- XI
- LAST DAYS AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE
- INDEX
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