A History of the French Legation

ISBN-13: 9780876110874 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 64 str.

Kenneth Hafertepe

Opis

This readable and thoroughly documented volume relates the fascinating story of the French Legation in Austin. The oldest house in the city, it was built in 1840-1841 as the residence of the French charge d'affaires to the fledgling Republic of Texas. Alphonse Dubois, the self-styled "Count de Saligny," dazzled frontier Texans with elegant parties until he was recalled after less than a year in Austin.