Joan Haslip
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Joan Haslip (1912-94) was an author of historical books, often focussing on European royalty. She also worked for the Italian section of the BBC from 1940 to 1944. Her books were generally regarded as accurate and fairly complete although at times falling prey to "outdated interpretations".
[edit] Partial List of her works
- Lady Hester Stanhope
- Parnell
- The Lonely Empress: a Biography of Elizabeth of Austria
- The Crown of Mexico: Maximilian and his Empress Carlota, 1972 Holt, Rinehart and Winston; ISBN 0-03-086572-7
- Imperial Adventurer: Emperor Maximilian of Mexico
- Catherine the Great: 1977 A biography ISBN 0-399-11666-4
- Marie Antoinette ISBN 0-297-79567-8
- The Emperor and the Actress 1982
- Madame du Barry: The Wages of Beauty 1992 ISBN 1-85043-753-X