by Heather Webb
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...
As a young girl on the island of Martinique, Rose Tascher visits a Creole priestess who tells her future, speaking of traveling far away for a marriage that will end violently, and, most shockingly, predicts that one day she will become more than queen. The prediction haunts Rose for the rest of her...
Perhaps the similarities are just coincidences, but one can easily compare Josephine to the fictional Scarlett O’Hara. Both are willing to compromise their morals or flout society’s rules to achieve their desired goals. Both are selfish, petty, and ruthless in their revenge. Both use their beauty an...
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