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Loading... The Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, a (edition 2002)by Sandra Gulland
Work InformationThe Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. / Tales of Passion / Tales of Woe / The Last Great Dance on Earth by Sandra Gulland
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Written in the form of diary entries, this is the first in a trilogy of the life of the woman who would become Josephine Bonaparte, wife to Emperor Napoleon. An engaging read/history lesson that I couldn't put down. ( ) I read all three books of this series during my vacation. It was a wonderful escape into the life of a person I was largely unfamiliar with. Her life was so varied and would have been unbelievable as fiction if we didn't know that it is based on fact. Sandra Gulland wove this tale beautifully, drawing me into this character's world until I was desperately needing to know what happened next, dreaming about these people and their relationships, and staying up way past my bedtime. For me, that is my measure of great books. For anyone who wants to read something historical and doesn't know where to being, this is the place to do it. This entire series is well written, passionate, brilliantly researched, and puts you right there with the characters from the very beginning, and they will stay with you once you're finished. Sandra Gulland is an indescribable talent, and one of my favourite writers. (I cried like a baby at the end of the third book, which I won't mention why because of spoilers, and in the middle of the second when the terror was happening in France. Very powerful stuff Best Historical Fiction. Period. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to SeriesJosephine Bonaparte Trilogy (Omnibus 1-3)
An irresistible story of love and loss, of political intrigue and revolution, and of the transformation of an impressionable young girl into one of the most sophisticated and powerful women in history, The Josephine Bonaparte Trilogy comprises three spellbinding books inspired by the life of Josephine Bonaparte. From her simple childhood on the French island of Martinique and her first heady experience in revolutionary Paris to her turbulent marriage to Napoleon, Josephine's destiny lay with the man determined to rule all of France, determined to make her Empress. No library descriptions found. |
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