An "American dancer and adventuress," the woman later known as Lola Montez has several different birthdates, but scholar Bruce Seymour argues that she was likely born in 1820 in Ireland as Marie Do
An unnamed Sunday paper writes about the sudden illness that threatens her life. Yet the fragile tone it aims for is missed, and the excerpt is vilified for its coarseness.
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An "American dancer and adventuress," the woman later known as Lola Montez has several different birthdates, but scholar Bruce Seymour argues that she was likely born in 1820 in Ireland as Marie Do
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