![]() Straightforward and likeable re-telling of the life of Josephine Buonaparte is laced with ribbons and period detail ( Independent) 'This is a fascinating peep behind the scenes into the humanity of an important period of European history' Good Book Guide ![]() The best thing, though, is the picture that emerges of Josephine herself - capricious, coquettish and alluring by turns, she comes across as eminently likeable and the sort of woman over whom one can well imagine an Emperor losing his head' The Times ![]() Through the gossipy, incident-packed medium of Josephine's journal, we get a breathlessly condensed version of the last days of the 18th century and a warts-and-all account of Napoleon that is both fun and informative. ![]() ''The second instalment of Sandra Gulland's gripping novel about Josephine Bonaparte finds our heroine ensconced as the initially reluctant spouse of the great man. By casting her narrative in the form of a first-person journal, Gulland invests it with vividness and immediacy, so that one sometimes forgets it is a historical novel, and reads it with a real sense of surprise at each development ( Times Metro) ![]()
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