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Josephine: A Life of the Empress

von Carolly Erickson

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When, in 1804, Josephine Bonaparte knelt before her husband Napoleon to receive the imperial diadem, few in the vast crowd of onlookers were aware of the dark secrets hidden behind the imperial facade. To her subjects, she appeared to be the most favored woman in France: alluring, wealthy, and with the devoted love of a remarkable husband who was the conqueror of Europe. In actuality, Josephine's life was far darker: her celebrated allure was fading, her wealth was compromised by massive debt, and her marriage was corroded by infidelity and abuse. Josephine's life story was as turbulent as the age-an era of revolution and social upheaval, frenzied hedonism and the guillotine. With telling psychological depth, Erickson brings the complex, charming, ever resilient Josephine to life, carrying us from the sensual richness of her childhood in the tropics to her final lonely days at Malmaison.… (mehr)
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Excellent book but not exactly easy reading. Since I listen to audiobooks I made it through... I don't think I could have finished the hard copy version, so much detail. Interesting and thorough, however, so if you like deep dive books into nobility this is a good one.

Audiobook note :excellent narrator ( )
  marshapetry | Oct 16, 2020 |
I really knew nothing about Josephine, except that she was some great force behind Napoleon. Seriously, she really wasn't much that was great. ( )
  Jen.ODriscoll.Lemon | Jan 23, 2016 |
I really knew nothing about Josephine, except that she was some great force behind Napoleon. Seriously, she really wasn't much that was great. ( )
  Jen.ODriscoll.Lemon | Jan 23, 2016 |
When I got this book I thought it was historical fiction, when it arrived it said it was a biography. So I thought ok but even as I was reading it I wasn't sure if it was a novel or a biography, it definitely reads like a novel.

I guess I didn't know much about Josephine when I started this book but I always thought that Napoleon & Josephine had this great love story but according to this book that’s not the case.

It was ok it did read like a novel at first then got a bit boring towards the end where I just wanted it to be over. ( )
  susiesharp | Apr 16, 2010 |
I really enjoyed this. I'm not a Josephine expert by any means but the writing style is more like a novel and less like a non-fiction work. ( )
  archphoenix | Aug 19, 2008 |
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When, in 1804, Josephine Bonaparte knelt before her husband Napoleon to receive the imperial diadem, few in the vast crowd of onlookers were aware of the dark secrets hidden behind the imperial facade. To her subjects, she appeared to be the most favored woman in France: alluring, wealthy, and with the devoted love of a remarkable husband who was the conqueror of Europe. In actuality, Josephine's life was far darker: her celebrated allure was fading, her wealth was compromised by massive debt, and her marriage was corroded by infidelity and abuse. Josephine's life story was as turbulent as the age-an era of revolution and social upheaval, frenzied hedonism and the guillotine. With telling psychological depth, Erickson brings the complex, charming, ever resilient Josephine to life, carrying us from the sensual richness of her childhood in the tropics to her final lonely days at Malmaison.

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