Becoming Josephine: A Novel
by:
Heather Webb (author)
A sweeping historical debut about the Creole socialite who transformed herself into an empress Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris, eager to enjoy an...
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A sweeping historical debut about the Creole socialite who transformed herself into an empress Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris, eager to enjoy an elegant life at the royal court. Once there, however, Rose’s aristocratic soldier-husband dashes her dreams by abandoning her amid the tumult of the French Revolution. After narrowly escaping death, Rose reinvents herself as Josephine, a beautiful socialite wooed by an awkward suitorNapoleon Bonaparte. A debut as bewitching as its protagonist.” Erika Robuck, author of Hemingway’s Girl and Call Me Zelda Vivid and passionate.” Susan Spann, author of The Shinobi Mysteries
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142180655 (0142180653)
ASIN: 0142180653
Publish date: 2013-12-31
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Anthologies,
African American,
Drama,
Poetry,
United States,
Literature & Fiction,
Literary,
Historical,
Native American
Sadly, I wrapped up this read on Friday and I was very disappointed...to end Josephine's story. Alas, another book that belongs on my BEST OF 2016. For every page turned I thought, why did it take you so long to read this fabulous book?! Seriously, if you love historical fiction and action set in Re...
A sweeping saga that tells the tale of Josephine Bonaparte, the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and beloved first empress of the French.Moving through her life from childhood to the end of her marriage with Napoleon, we get to know Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie on an intimate level. As ...
Mon Dieu, where to begin? I had no idea Rose, resurrected later by Bonaparte as Josephine, had such an interesting, turbulent, rich and yet chased seemingly by the demons of war and revolution, poverty, powerlessness and regret. Few humans can imagine such highs and such lows within one lifetime a...
When Rose moved from a balmy, beautiful Martinique plantation to a cold, stark Paris, her life followed suit.She went from a loving, warm family to a husband and a life that was cold and distant.Rose's arranged marriage was supposed to be one that would be a wonderful new chapter in her life, but it...
Words cannot describe my feelingsafter reading this book.Josephine Bonaparte has alwaysbeen an individual I've found fascinating. This story created a desire to learn more.What a vivid, lively woman!The ordeals she faced and overcame.From her early days in Martinique to her rise and fall from grac...
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