Ambition and desire : the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte
2015,
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, viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
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3006345
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| Publication information: |
New York : Ballantine Books, 2015. |
| ISBN: |
9780771088599 (hbk.) |
| Language: |
English |
| Record ID: |
3006345 |
| Full edition title: |
First edition. |
| Format: |
Regular Print Book |
| Physical description: |
viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Date acquired: |
October 30, 2014
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| More creator details: |
Kate Williams. |
| General note: |
Originally published under the title Josephine: desire, ambition, Napoleon in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson, a member of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2013. |
| Contents note: |
Prologue -- La Pagerie -- Sophistication -- "Beneath all the sluts in the world" -- Revolution -- "The height of good manners to be ruined" -- "What strange power you have over my heart" -- "The single object in my heart" -- A million kisses -- "I am so distressed at being separated from him" -- "All I have suffered" -- "He owes me everything" -- "The most beautiful thing in the world" -- Scenes with Bonaparte -- "My stepfather Is a comet" -- "Your imperial majesty" -- "The king of diamonds" -- "I have fulfilled my destiny" -- "I wish you would be more reasonable" -- "Cold and often embarrassed" -- "Like a wounded soldier" -- "More full of charm" -- Epilogue. |
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