Lady Romeo: The Radical and Revolutionary Life of Charlotte Cushman, America's First Celebrity (Wojczuk Tana)(Pevná vazba)

Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award
Finalist for the Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction
Finalist for the Marfield Prize For fans of Book of Ages and American Eve, this "lively, illuminating new biography" (The Boston Globe) of 19th-century queer actress Charlotte Cushman portrays a "brisk, beautifully crafted life" (Stacy Schiff, bestselling author of The Witches and Cleopatra) that riveted New York City and made headlines across America. All her life, Charlotte Cushman refused to submit to others' expectations. Raised in Boston at the time of the transcendentalists, a series of disasters cleared the way for her life on the stage--a path she eagerly took, rejecting marriage and creating a life of adventure, playing the role of the hero in and out of the theater as she traveled to
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