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Source: NYT

3-27-17

Christina Vella, Author of Sizzling Works of Narrative History, Dies at 75

Christina Vella was the author of several colorful works of narrative history, notably “Intimate Enemies: The Two Worlds of the Baroness de Pontalba,” a tale of wealth and scandal in 19th-century France and New Orleans.

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Christina Vella, Author of Sizzling Works of Narrative History, Dies at 75