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  Sooner Than Gold (Paperback) By (author) Paul House

  

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  Short Description for Sooner Than GoldSOONER THAN GOLD is based loosely on the true story of Eliza Alicia Lynch who, in 1848, at the age of 13, fled Ireland to escape the Great Famine; who at 18 was the highest-paid and most sought-after courtesan in all of Paris; who, as mistress of the dictator, Francisco Solano Lopez, became Regent of Paraguay and the richest woman in the world. Together with Lopez, she involved that country in a b...
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  • Publisher: Lulu.com
  • Published: 30 October 2007
  • Format: Paperback 656 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9781435700598 ISBN 10: 1435700597

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• SOONER THAN GOLD is based loosely on the true story of Eliza Alicia Lynch who, in 1848, at the age of 13, fled Ireland to escape the Great Famine; who at 18 was the highest-paid and most sought-after courtesan in all of Paris; who, as mistress of the dictator, Francisco Solano Lopez, became Regent of Paraguay and the richest woman in the world. Together with Lopez, she involved that country in a bloody war, the result of which was total disaster.