Another author in the family
There must be something in the Morgan genes that predisposes us to writing . . .The most recent publication to hit the bookstores comes from our cousin Andrea de Robilant.
His Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon [ISBN 9781400044139] is actually a sequel to his very successful first novel A Venetian Affair.
I just picked up my copy yesterday, so haven't had a chance to finish reading the book. But, I can tell you the basics. It recounts the life of Andrea's 4th great-grandmother Lucia Mocenigo (1770-1854), a noblewoman from Venice, Italy, who moves to Paris, France, and rubs shoulders with a bunch of folks whose names you'd probably recognize from your history textbooks (including the Empress Josephine). She was an interesting person, to say the least. Unfortunately, she is perhaps best known as the much-despised landlady of Lord Byron.
Anyway, this book (besides being a very good read) is also serving as yet another reminder to yours truly that I need to get off my rear end and finish the sequel to my own recent masterpiece.
Labels: Andrea di Robillant, book reviews, Empress Josephine, genetics, Like the Cats of Kilkenny, Lord Byron, Morgan, Paris, Venetian Affair, Venice
posted by wsmv at
12:04 PM
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The question was asked, so here are the details on how exactly the author of this book is related to the Morgan family:
1. Andrea di Robilant is the son of
2. Elizabeth Stokes, who married Count Alvise di Robilant. She was the daughter of
3. Major General William M. Stokes, Jr., of Lynchburg, Virginia, son of
4. Agnes Morgan, married William M. Stokes, Sr., of Lynchburg. She was the daughter of
5. James Lorenzo Morgan (1830-1873) a central figure in my book Like the Cats of Kilkenny: A True Story of the Civil War.
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