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Author
Language
English
Description
Two women vie to change their destinies after Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte orders marriage to a princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir in this compelling novel from the internationally bestselling author of Nefertiti and Cleopatra’s Daughter.
“A fascinating tale that won’t soon be forgotten.”—Times Record News
After the bloody French Revolution,...
“A fascinating tale that won’t soon be forgotten.”—Times Record News
After the bloody French Revolution,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"As a beautiful socialite in the south of France, Desiree Clary must leave her privileged life behind when the Revolution roils the countryside and it falls on her to save her family from the guillotine. She finds an unlikely friend in the ambitious young military prodigy Napoleon Bonaparte. And when her devoted sister Julie marries Napoleon's brother Joseph, Desiree and Napoleon enter into their own passionate, dizzying courtship -- one that leads...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In a dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. --from publisher descriptioin
7) I, crocodile
Author
Publisher
Michael di Capua Books/HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
An Egyptian crocodile, with a big ego and a big appetite, is taken to Paris in 1799 by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
A "historical novel set on the remote island of Saint Helena about the remarkable friendship between a young woman and one of history's most intriguing figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, during the final years of his life in exile."--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable life of Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, renowned as the most beautiful woman of nineteenth-century Baltimore, whose marriage in 1803 to Jérôme Bonaparte, the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, became inextricably bound to the diplomatic and political histories of the United States, France, and England.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
A lecture series on the French Revolution. The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society ; not just for France, but for all of Europe.
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