New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0393075001
Synopsis: She was born Marie-Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, daughter of a colonial planter. She grew up in the tropics, acquiring an easy indolence, a belief in fortune-telling, and an ease with slave subordinates. She became the Empress Joseph, Napoleon's consort, mistress to others, and doting mother. She arrived in France, dimly educated, unpolished, and the unwanted wife of a viscount. She bore him two children, and was banished to a convent, where she acquired the polish and manners that let her natural charm and wit rise to the surface. During he Revolution, her husband was guillotined and she was imprisoned, but when the Terror ended, her life became on of salons, love affairs, and relative ease. It was then that she met a gawky, prudish, young military man who fell instantly in love. Napoleon was kind to her and to her children and his star was in the ascendant; she married him. She followed him on his triumphant Italian campaign, and acquired a country chateau and a new lover. When Napoleon declared himself Emperor, she became the first lady of Europe. Even after he divorced her, her star remained bright, and after he fell, she lived on as a queen. She died, so they say, of pneumonia caught while wearing too filmy a gown while entertaining the Czar on a chilly night. Josephine's story is that of a witty, loving woman living in a turbulent time at the highest level of society and politics. The glamour of the era was no more than a match for her own.
Title: Josephine: The Empress and her children
Publisher: Norton
Publication Date: 1976
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: new
Book Description Condition: Used: Very Good. very good clean copy .lightly faded to dust cover, book is pristine. sent next working day from the u/k 0.0. Seller Inventory # 1025IO57ZB4
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine. Seller Inventory # GOR002426473
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Clean text, sound binding. Quick dispatch from UK seller. Seller Inventory # mon0000078553
Book Description Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Seller Inventory # M00393075001-G
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. a clean, square, gently used copy. Seller Inventory # 011364
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1st American ed. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Seller Inventory # 39333744-6
Book Description Condition: Good. 1st American ed. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 3241744-6
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. Seller Inventory # G0393075001I3N01
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.8. Seller Inventory # G0393075001I3N00
Book Description Unknown Binding. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. First Edition. First American edition. Good hardcover with very good dust jacket. Ex-lib with expected markings but otherwise unmarked, bright and clean with square and tight binding. Enjoy reading with a real book in your hands. Shipping from North Carolina. Dedicated to delighting our customers. Delivery confirmation provided on all domestic orders. Happy to ship to international locations. Consider expedited shipping - just a little more moves your purchase a lot faster. Digital photos available on request for any book. Seller Inventory # mon0000019180