Author: STUART, ANDREA
Title: The rose of Martinique : a life of Napoleon's Josephine
Description: New York : Grove Press (2003) 2003. 1st Edition in this form. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 455 pages; Description: xiii. 455 p. 16 p. of plate : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 431-441) and index. Subjects: Josephine. Empress. consort of Napoleon I. Emperor of the French (1763-1814) --Marriage --Empresses --France --Biography. Summary: Although eventually married to the colossus of her age. Josephine Bonaparte's life was dramatic and eventful before ever meeting Napoleon. Josephine was one of the most remarkable women of the modern era. Andrea Stuart focuses on the woman herself and brings her so utterly to life that we finally understand why Napoleon's last word before dying in exile was the name he had given her. 'Josephine.' Using diaries and letters. Stuart expertly re-creates Josephine's whirlwind life. which ranged from an isolated Caribbean childhood to being crowned Empress of France. Born Rose de Tasher on her family's Martinique sugar plantation. she was vivacious. pleasure-loving. sensual. and compassionate -- a true Creole. This particular background contributed so immeasurably to who she was as a person that it's impossible to imagine her emerging from any other society. and as a London-based Jamaican. 'Stuart is particularly well qualified to appreciate Rose's idyllic Caribbean childhood and her sense of strangeness when she arrived in Europe' (Irish Times) as a dowdy sixteen-year-old to marry a Parisian nobleman.ISBN: 0802117708. Weight in Kg appr.:

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