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Available
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Collection
Publication
Orion Pub Co (1996), 592 pages
Description
No rags to riches story can compare with that of Napoleon and Josephine, two outsiders who rose to become Emperor and Empress of the French Republic.Evangeline Bruce's joint biography embraces the lives not only of her two central figures, but of all the vital personalities of the Revolutionary era. To read NAPOLEON AND JOSEPHINE is to read a political thriller, a romance of passion and dangerous liasons, a military epic and a journal of society and fash
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LibraryThing member bhowell
This is an excellent history book and a good story. This is a book that readers of historical fiction could enjoy. The story of their courtship and marriage and Napoleon's dramatic rise is always fascinating given the background of the French revolution. How did France move from eliminating the
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aristocracy, establishing a Republic, and then immediately fall behind a leader whose ultimate power far surpassed that of the Royal family and certainly spent far more public money than the Royal family ever had? The story of their spendid marriage and the vast amounts of money spent on it sets the stage. This was however , at least initially a true love match and the bond between the two remained strong for many years. It is a fascinating story. Show Less
LibraryThing member sarlis
Well writen and enjoyable. It is more than the story of its title in the sense that as the lives of the couple unfold a reader who is not very familiar with the history of France of that era gets a nice overview of that whole time in French society and politics.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1995
Physical description
592 p.; 5.43 inches
ISBN
1857994892 / 9781857994896
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