The Secret Life of Josephine, (Paperback)

from pennsylady

I gave this a 3 simply because the read was easy. The problem I had was the embellishment. However, the author does state that this is historical entertainment and not historical fiction. She also says the historical Josephine is described in her biographical portrayal. -------- This note was lis...

from sensitivemuse

Wow Josephine. You're quite saucy. Very saucy. I found it a little hard to like her. She seemed superficial, flaky, and although I'm sure she was a good mother, there was just something about her I could not sympathize with. Perhaps she's just too much of a party animal for her own good. It annoy...

from maquisleader

Not as good as her first book, but still enjoyable. She really knows her stuff in terms of the time period. My only complaint is that she strayed from history and made up her own alternate version. One of the big draws of her books is that she fills in the missing gaps in history so this was disa...

from cebellol

So I loved this, predominantly because it was a lovely piece of historical fiction that DIDN'T center around one of the many wives of Henry VIII or the royal court of his daughter Elizabeth I. Unfortunately it feels like that's the majority of what's out there anymore.ANYWAY! I loved this. Joseph...

from TheLostEntwife

I read a lot of books. I read a lot of historical fiction books, but never have I read anything about France during King Louis XVI's reign nor about Napoleon. I find that odd, now that I think about it - especially considering that in this year alone I've read two books which overlap over King Lo...