This historical fiction is based on the life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte (Betsy) and portrays how this ambitious and headstrong woman will go to all means to achieve her goals: to live in Europe and be part of nobility.When Betsy met Jerome Bonaparte (Napoleon’s younger brother) all that matter...
Full review here. Despite being a Josephine fangirl, I know very little about the Bonapartes and was excited to start this novel about the wife of Napoleon's brother Jerome. Elizabeth 'Betsy' Patterson was a Baltimore belle determined to marry better than a merchant, and she does when she marrie...