

Elsie's Dowry: A Tale of the Franco-German War is a historical fiction novel written by Emma Leslie and published in 1872. The story is set during the Franco-Prussian War, which took place between 1870 and 1871. The novel follows the life of Elsie, a young French woman who is...

Elsie's Dowry is a historical novel written by Emma Leslie and published in 1872. The story is set during the Franco-German War of 1870-71 and follows the life of Elsie, a young French woman who falls in love with a German soldier named Karl. Despite the tensions between their...


