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From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart -- and with it, an empire.
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Empresses, Marriage, Biography, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, New York Times reviewedPeople
Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Josephine Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French (1763-1814)Places
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Ambition and desire: the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte
2014, Ballantine Books
in English
- First edition.
0345522834 9780345522832
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Table of Contents
Prologue
La Pagerie
Sophistication
"Beneath all the sluts in the world"
Revolution
"The height of good manners to be ruined"
"What strange power you have over my heart"
"The single object in my heart"
A million kisses
"I am so distressed at being separated from him"
"All I have suffered"
"He owes me everything"
"The most beautiful thing in the world"
Scenes with Bonaparte
"My stepfather Is a comet"
"Your imperial majesty"
"The king of diamonds"
"I have fulfilled my destiny"
"I wish you would be more reasonable"
"Cold and often embarrassed"
"Like a wounded soldier"
"More full of charm"
Epilogue.
Edition Notes
Originally published under the title Josephine: desire, ambition, Napoleon in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson, a member of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2013.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-365) and index.
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