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Josephine : desire, ambition, Napoleon
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Bay Public Library | 944.05092 Wil | 33874004723267 | Adult - Non-Fiction | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 0091936918 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 9780091936914 (hbk.)
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viii, 357 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill., col ... Read More
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- Publisher: London : Hutchinson, 2013.
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| General Note: | Published in the US as: Ambition, and desire : the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte. New York : ... Read More |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary, etc.: | "For the woman from Martinique who had been ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Empresses France Biography Napoleon I, Emperor of the French 1769-1821 Marriage Josephine Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French 1763-1814 |
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| 500 | . | ‡aPublished in the US as: Ambition, and desire : the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte. New York : Ballantine, 2014. | |
| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references and index. | |
| 520 | . | ‡a"For the woman from Martinique who had been abandoned in Paris by her aristocratic huband, the future did not look promising. But resourceful and determined to retain a foothold in Parisian society, Josephine sought refuge in a convent and it was here that she learned to develop the husky voice and sensual grace that became her chief currency. While her friends and contemporaries were sent to the guillotine during the Terror that followed the Revolution, she survived prison and emerged as the doyenne of a wildly debauched party scene. Glamorous, promiscuous and charming, she dominated the newspapers and surprised everybody when she encouraged the advances of a short, marginalised Corsican soldier, six years her junior. Together they made a formidable couple. ..."--Book jacket. | |
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