The Second Empress

Publisher : Hachette UK
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ISBN : 0857388614
Pages : 448 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (857 users)

Download or read book The Second Empress written by Michelle Moran and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-07-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Empress Josephine's family has been called to Napoleon's court for the terrible news that he intends to divorce his barren wife of thirteen years and take a younger bride, the Austrian Princess Marie-Louise. For Josephine's daughter, Hortense, this means she is free to leave her husband, Napoleon's brother, having given the Bonapartes three heirs. As she looks for love, she must support her mother through the terrible grief of Napoleon's betrayal. For his new wife, it is a terrible duty she must take on in her father's name. She has nothing in common with the strange, older man she has married and can find little in her life to enjoy. But an unlikely friendship with Hortense will bring her much comfort, especially as she must fight for her own happiness. For Napoleon's sister, Pauline Bonaparte, it is yet another woman stealing her brother's attention and affection. Having spent years attempting to control his power and his influence, she must fight harder and dirtier if she is to win...

The Second Empress

Publisher : Crown
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ISBN : 030795305X
Pages : 336 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (37 users)

Download or read book The Second Empress written by Michelle Moran and published by Crown. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte will stop at nothing to marry the Hapsburg princess he hopes will bear him a royal heir, in this compelling novel from bestselling author Michelle Moran. After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon’s power is absolute. When eighteen year old Marie-Louise is told that the Emperor has demanded her hand in marriage, her father presents her with a terrible choice: marry the cruel, capricious Napoleon or refuse and plunge her country into war. To save her father's throne, Mary-Louise is determined to be a good wife. But at the extravagant French court, she finds many rivals for her new husband’s affection, including Napoleon’s sister Pauline, who is fiercely jealous, utterly uncontrollable, and the only woman as ambitious as the emperor himself. When war once again sweeps the Continent and bloodshed threatens Marie-Louise’s family, the second empress is forced to make choices that will determine her place in history—and change the course of her life. The Second Empress will transport you back to Napoleon's empire where royals and servants alike live at the whim of one man, and two women vie to change their destinies.

Napoleon's Second Empress

Publisher : Michael Joseph
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Pages : 322 pages
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Download or read book Napoleon's Second Empress written by Patrick Turnbull and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 1971 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Madame Tussaud

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ISBN : 030758867X
Pages : 480 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (37 users)

Download or read book Madame Tussaud written by Michelle Moran and published by Crown. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world knows Madame Tussaud as a wax artist extraordinaire . . . but who was this woman who became one of the most famous sculptresses of all time? In these pages, her tumultuous and amazing story comes to life as only Michelle Moran can tell it. The year is 1788, and a revolution is about to begin. Smart and ambitious, Marie Tussaud has learned the secrets of wax sculpting by working alongside her uncle in their celebrated wax museum, the Salon de Cire. From her popular model of the American ambassador, Thomas Jefferson, to her tableau of the royal family at dinner, Marie’s museum provides Parisians with the very latest news on fashion, gossip, and even politics. Her customers hail from every walk of life, yet her greatest dream is to attract the attention of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI; their stamp of approval on her work could catapult her and her museum to the fame and riches she desires. After months of anticipation, Marie learns that the royal family is willing to come and see their likenesses. When they finally arrive, the king’s sister is so impressed that she requests Marie’s presence at Versailles as a royal tutor in wax sculpting. It is a request Marie knows she cannot refuse—even if it means time away from her beloved Salon and her increasingly dear friend, Henri Charles. As Marie gets to know her pupil, Princesse Élisabeth, she also becomes acquainted with the king and queen, who introduce her to the glamorous life at court. From lavish parties with more delicacies than she’s ever seen to rooms filled with candles lit only once before being discarded, Marie steps into a world entirely different from her home on the Boulevard du Temple, where people are selling their teeth in order to put food on the table. Meanwhile, many resent the vast separation between rich and poor. In salons and cafés across Paris, people like Camille Desmoulins, Jean-Paul Marat, and Maximilien Robespierre are lashing out against the monarchy. Soon, there’s whispered talk of revolution. . . . Will Marie be able to hold on to both the love of her life and her friendship with the royal family as France approaches civil war? And more important, will she be able to fulfill the demands of powerful revolutionaries who ask that she make the death masks of beheaded aristocrats, some of whom she knows? Spanning five years, from the budding revolution to the Reign of Terror, Madame Tussaud brings us into the world of an incredible heroine whose talent for wax modeling saved her life and preserved the faces of a vanished kingdom.

Napoleon & Marie Louise

Publisher : Constable Limited
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Pages : 312 pages
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Download or read book Napoleon & Marie Louise written by Alan Warwick Palmer and published by Constable Limited. This book was released on 2001 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a portrait of the Emperor Napoleon's second marriage which provides an account of its political, diplomatic and military implications for France and the newly instituted Austrian Empire as well as the personal and domestic nature of the relationship.

Napoleon and Blücher (Historical Novel)

Publisher : e-artnow
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Pages : 530 pages
Rating Book: 4.0/5 (46 users)

Download or read book Napoleon and Blücher (Historical Novel) written by L. Mühlbach and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Napoleon and Blücher" is a historical novel covering the relations between the most significant personalities of the times following the French Revolution – Napoleon Buonaparte and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a Prussian field marshal who his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The book presents Napoleon Buonaparte and other characters in the proximity of everyday routines. A reader learns prominent historical events from the scenes of the life of the heroes. You can see the great emperor reading a map while thinking of the pleasant heat of the Egyptian desert after meals, then you follow him during a journey to Dresden or talks to Josephine or Madame Leticia. An interesting read to everyone wishing to learn the history of the epoch in a format of fiction.

The Story of Napoleon and Blücher

Publisher : DigiCat
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Pages : 532 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (859 users)

Download or read book The Story of Napoleon and Blücher written by L. Mühlbach and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Napoleon and Blücher" is a historical novel covering the relations between the most significant personalities of the times following the French Revolution – Napoleon Buonaparte and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a Prussian field marshal who his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The book presents Napoleon Buonaparte and other characters in the proximity of everyday routines. A reader learns prominent historical events from the scenes of the life of the heroes. You can see the great emperor reading a map while thinking of the pleasant heat of the Egyptian desert after meals, then you follow him during a journey to Dresden or talks to Josephine or Madame Leticia. An interesting read to everyone wishing to learn the history of the epoch in a format of fiction.

The Biography Book

Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
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ISBN : 9781573562560
Pages : 650 pages
Rating Book: 4.6/5 (562 users)

Download or read book The Biography Book written by Daniel S. Burt and published by Greenwood Publishing Group. This book was released on 2001 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains alphabetically arranged entries that identify and assess the biographical materials available on over five hundred notable historical figures, listing autobiography and primary sources, recommended biographies and juvenile biographies, other biographical studies, biographical novels, fictional portraits, and biographical films and theatrical adaptations.

Stories of Napoleon and the Men and Women of His Time

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Pages : 300 pages
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Download or read book Stories of Napoleon and the Men and Women of His Time written by and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise

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Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book The Happy Days of the Empress Marie Louise written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following book covers the history of Marie Louise I's life. She was an Austrian archduchess who reigned as Duchess of Parma, and was Napoleon Bonaparte's second wife. As such, she was Empress of the French and Queen of Italy from their marriage until his abdication. The book focuses mostly on what happened to her after Napoleon's banishment to the island of Elba.

The Writers Directory

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Pages : 608 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (31 users)

Download or read book The Writers Directory written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Finding List of Books and Periodicals in the Central Library ...

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Pages : 608 pages
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Download or read book Finding List of Books and Periodicals in the Central Library ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Napoleon & Blücher

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Pages : 530 pages
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Download or read book Napoleon & Blücher written by L. Mühlbach and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Napoleon & Blücher" is a historical novel covering the relations between the most significant personalities of the times following the French Revolution – Napoleon Buonaparte and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, a Prussian field marshal who his army against Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The book presents Napoleon Buonaparte and other characters in the proximity of everyday routines. A reader learns prominent historical events from the scenes of the life of the heroes. You can see the great emperor reading a map while thinking of the pleasant heat of the Egyptian desert after meals, then you follow him during a journey to Dresden or talks to Josephine or Madame Leticia. An interesting read to everyone wishing to learn the history of the epoch in a format of fiction.

Four Years an Empress

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Pages : 334 pages
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Download or read book Four Years an Empress written by Agnes Barron Baroness de Stoeckl and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author recreates the atmosphere and dramatic background of Imperial life in the France of Napoleon. She tells of the rigid Austrian childhood of Marie-Louise, her marriage to the hated Napoleon, with whom she later fell in love, and her life, both with him, and later when she refused to follow him into exile.

The Court of the Empress Josephine

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ISBN : 9781406534085
Pages : 200 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (534 users)

Download or read book The Court of the Empress Josephine written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and published by . This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), born Marie Josephe Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, first marriage Josephine, Viscountess of Beauharnais, second marriage Josephine, Empress of the French, was the first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and thus became the first Empress of the French. Through her daughter, Hortense, she was the maternal grandmother of Napoleon III.

Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books ...

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Pages : 248 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (33 users)

Download or read book Catalogue of Superior Second-hand Books ... written by and published by . This book was released on 1857 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: