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The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B

The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B

Author(s): Sandra Gulland

Location(s): France

Genre(s): Fiction, Historical

Era(s): Second half the 18th Century

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‘You will be unhappily wed. You will be widowed. You will be Queen.’ To fourteen-year-old Rose, eldest daughter of a poor plantation landlord, the fortune teller’s prophecy is both thrilling and laughable. Poorly educated and without a dowry, it seems unlikely she will find any husband, much less a king. But history tells a different tale. In this beautifully crafted novel, Sandra Gulland pulls back the veil of history to reveal the extraordinary life of the woman who will one day be known as Joséphine Bonaparte, wife of the emperor who will rule all France. The first novel in the Jospehine B Trilogy

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This book is written in a diary form, and I found it gives an intimate insight into revolutionary France and the little known early life of Mrs Bonaparte – Sally Teller –

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