Josephine
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.48 (980 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 4871878538 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 518 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
judith a gilbert said Book Review!. Well written book. Very detailed book. When compared with other books about Josephine Bonaparte I consider this book to be right on the mark.
Through her son, Eugène, she was the great-grandmother of later Swedish and Danish kings and queens, as well as the last Queen of Greece. She is said to have been a Creole, a term that often but not always implies a person of mixed race. Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoléon III. All of these things happened because Josephine met a lowly and seemingly unimportant corporal named Napoléon.. Yet, from this humble origin, Josephine became the first Empress of the French. Joséphine de Beauharnais was born on 23 June 1763, in the West Indies on the Island of Martinique. This is the biography of one of the most remarkable and amazing women in history. The current reigning houses of Belgium, Norway and Luxembourg descend from her
He was a French writer and historian. André Castelot wrote 65 biographies, among the best known of which are this biography of Josephine and his biography of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France. About the Author André Castelot was born André Storms on 23 January 1911 in Antwerp, Belgium. He died on 18 July 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France.
. He was a French writer and historian. André Castelot was born André Storms on 23 January 1911 in Antwerp, Belgium. He died on 18 July 2004 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, France. André Castelot wrote 65 biographies, among the best known of which are this biography of Josephine and his biography of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France