WELCOME TO THE CURIOUS WORLD
AND LEGEND OF LOLA MONTEZ.
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FEBRUARY 17th IS LOLA'S BIRTHDAY.
She turned 205 in 2026...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ELIZA!

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The Countess is just setting up, so pray forgive the spareness of the furnishings.

In the upcoming book:

Who's Got the Countess?
Lola Montez as Subject and Source of Misinformation

we'll be exploring the extraordinary legacy of the Victorian Irish
girl who refused to be a Victorian and lived to tell the tale-- for a time.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Not that she was often inclined to tell the truth! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

There are Lolas of stage and screen, quasi-Lolas and Lola namesakes, Lolas in works
of fiction and of non-fiction (though it's often hard to distinguish between the two).
There are true images of Lola as well as those misidentified as such, with sometimes-
hilarious artists' conceptions of episodes from her eventful life-- not all of which
actually occurred. Plus there are Lola artifacts and products, both period and modern.

PICTORIAL IMPOSTORS!

Here find a taste of the array of non-Lolas now in circulation...

When contemplating some of the more outrageous rumors that were circulated about her,
Lola commented: "If I were to collect all similar falsehoods which I have seen in papers
or books about Lola Montez, they would form a mountain higher than Chimborazo!"

CHIMBORAZO
Located in Ecuador, Chimborazo reaches 20,548 feet above sea level.
It's tall.

RIP Bruce Seymour 1946-2024

Who sought out Lola's secrets, and presented the world a truer
picture of this singular lady than had hitherto been known.
He is greatly missed.

His Lola Montez, a Life is best read in the paperback, which
includes new information that surfaced only after
publication of the hardbound first edition.

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