Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte; Library Edition

from artheart

Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie was born in Les Trois-Îlets, Martinique, later called Josephine by her husband, Napoleon Bonaparte I, this biography is filled with historical trivia (e.g., botany, historical battles, looted art, textiles, and architecture). Josephine was one-of-a-kind an...

from briandrewz

An excellent account of the life of Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France. The book gives a fairly balanced view of her life. It is shocking to see how she and Napoleon used each other in their relationship. In the beginning of their marriage, Josephine took lovers and basically ignored her...

from CinderH

I thought this was a very readable biography on Josephine's life. Certainly no saint, but the people loved and accepted her. That made all the difference in her life to be able to get away with the things she did. Attaching herself to any powerful man who would give her money: Check. Flaunting he...

from keylawk

For reasons that are only embarrassing to a mature and conscious creature, in my youth, I was intrigued and inspired by Napoleon. Now I am quite ashamed of this, but I was one of those young "patriots" caught up with the vision of "Reason" and Unity. From the chaos of the Terror and centuries of ...

from CynthiaRobertson

From the very beginning this beautifully researched and written biography moves along with the tension of a fictional novel. We are plunged into the world of fifteen year old Josephine, as a naive, almost mail-order bride, arriving in the sophisticated Paris she had dreamed about from her home in...