Stuart Andrea - Josephine - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: It's a story worthy of a blockbuster novel and it's all true. Oodles of sex passion adultery media hype decadence plots murder mayhem anguish and betrayal fill these pages an enjoyable well - researched book; I didn t want to reach the end Edwina Currie New Statesman Books of the Year One of the most potent icons of female sexuality Josephine has largely been reduced to an empty cipher wife to her more famous husband and the butt of one of the oldest jokes around. Yet as Andrea Stuart shows the girl who grew up on the beautiful island of Martinique endured Caribbean slave revolts an arranged marriage and the threat of the guillotine before she even met the man who made her Empress of France. In the grip of turbulent times Josephine used her intelligence and her allure to forge her way in a Paris that raged and fought and danced its way through revolution and empire. This is the thrilling story of her strength survival and ultimate transformation.
Title: Josephine
Author(s): Stuart Andrea
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Barcode: 9781447249030
Pages: 480 Pages
Publication Date: 8/1/2013
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900