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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 naiveté 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...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
213 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair now gives us a charming chronicle of his search for a fabled antique rose--a tale that takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, and looks into the future of this much beloved flower"--
Author
Series
The Josephine B. trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st Scribner Pbk. Fiction ed.
Physical Desc
370 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
The Josephine B. trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Scribner Paperback Fiction
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st Scribner Paperback Fiction ed.
Physical Desc
373 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the rise and fall of Napoleon's great empire, his personal life, and his exile to Elba through the eyes of Josephine Bonaparte.
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