Download or read book Memoirs of the Empress Josephine written by Madame de Rémusat (Claire Elisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes) and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of the Empress Josephine with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmaison written by Madame Ducrest (Georgette) and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of the Court of Marie Antoinette Queen of France written by Mme Campan (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Secret Memoirs of the Court of the Empress Josephine written by Georgette Ducrest and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of the Empress Josephine written by Georgette Ducrest and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Secret Memoirs of the Court of the Empress Josephine written by Madame Ducrest (Georgette) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Many Lives Secret Sorrows of Josephine B written by Sandra Gulland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002-03-17 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Passion intertwines with fate in this riveting and historically rich novel about the journey of a woman from poverty to ultimate power in Revolution-era France. In this first of three books inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte, Sandra Gulland has created a novel of immense and magical proportions. We meet Josephine in the exotic and lush Martinico, where an old island woman predicts that one day she will be queen. The journey from the remote village of her birth to the height of European elegance is long, but Josephine's fortune proves to be true. By way of fictionalized diary entries, we traverse her early years as she marries her one true love, bears his children, and is left betrayed, widowed, and penniless. It is Josephine's extraordinary charm, cunning, and will to survive that catapults her to the heart of society, where she meets Napoleon, whose destiny will prove to be irrevocably intertwined with hers.

Download or read book Josephine written by Carolly Erickson and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2000-08-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephine Tascher de la Pagerie, born a Creole on the island of Martinique in the French West Indies, became one of the best known and most envied women who ever lived. Sent to France to make an advantageous marriage to a young aristocrat, her naivete and lack of education left her ill prepared to deal with the sophisticated - if decadent - world of pre-Revolutionary Paris. Treated cruelly by her shallow young husband, her life had become a nightmare during the Terror, in which she was imprisoned and almost lost her life. It was during this period that she honed the skills of manipulation and seduction that would lead her from the dungeons of the terror into the beds of the post-Revolutionary powerbrokers, including the Corsican corporal who would conquer Europe. As the wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, conqueror of Europe and the wonder of his age, Josephine was assumed to be a worthy consort for her astounding husband, a woman as beautiful, wise and altogether remarkable as he was charismatic, brilliant, and invincible in battle. When in 1804 she knelt before Napoleon in Notre Dame and he placed the imperial crown on her head, making her Empress of France, her extraordinary destiny seemed to be fulfilled. The unknown woman from Martinique became the highest ranking woman in the land, as far above the average Frenchwoman as Napoleon himself was above the humblest soldier in his armies. Yet the truth behind the glorious symbolism in Notre Dame was much darker. For the eight-year marriage between Josephine and Napoleon had long been corroded by infidelity and abuse, and for years Josephine had dreaded that her husband would divorce her. Far from the love match previous biographers have described, Erickson's Napoleon and Josephine were the ultimate pragmatists, drawn together by political necessity while their emotions were engaged elsewhere. Carolly Erickson, the critically acclaimed biographer of the Tudor monarchs, as well as of Marie Antoinette and Queen Victoria, using her trademark ability to penetrate and explain the psychological make-up of her subjects, paints a fascinating portrait of an immensely complex and ultimately tragic woman.

Download or read book Memoirs of the Empress Josephine written by Claire Élisabeth Jeanne Gravier de Vergennes comtesse de Rémusat and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of the Empress Josephine with Anecdotes of the Courts of Navarre and Malmaison written by Madame Ducrest (Georgette) and published by . This book was released on 1829 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of the Courts of Louis Xv and Xvi written by Mme. Du Hausset and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of the Courts of Sweden and Denmark During the Reigns of Christian VII of Denmark and Gustavus III and IV of Sweden written by John Brown and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Second Empress written by Michelle Moran and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two women vie to change their destinies after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte orders marriage to a princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir in this compelling novel from the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter. “A fascinating tale that won’t soon be forgotten.”—Times Record News After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When eighteen-year-old Marie-Louise is told that the emperor has demanded her hand in marriage, her father presents her with a terrible choice: marry the cruel, capricious Napoleon, or refuse and plunge her country into war. To save her father’s throne, Marie-Louise is determined to be a good wife. But at the extravagant French court, she finds many rivals for her new husband’s affection, including Napoleon’s sister Pauline, who is fiercely jealous, utterly uncontrollable, and the only woman as ambitious as the emperor himself. When war once again sweeps the Continent and bloodshed threatens Marie-Louise’s family, the second empress is forced to make choices that will determine her place in history—and change the course of her life.

Download or read book The Tragedy of St Helena written by Walter Runciman Baron Runciman and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1911 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.