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245 10 a| Ambition and desire :b| the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte /c| Kate Williams.;

250 a| First edition.;

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264 1 a| New York :b| Ballantine Books,c| [2014];

300 a| viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| color illustrations ;c| 25 cm;

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500 a| Originally published under the title Josephine: desire, ambition, Napoleon in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson, a member of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2013.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-365) and index.;

505 0 a| Prologue -- La Pagerie -- Sophistication -- "Beneath all the sluts in the world" -- Revolution -- "The height of good manners to be ruined" -- "What strange power you have over my heart" -- "The single object in my heart" -- A million kisses -- "I am so distressed at being separated from him" -- "All I have suffered" -- "He owes me everything" -- "The most beautiful thing in the world" -- Scenes with Bonaparte -- "My stepfather Is a comet" -- "Your imperial majesty" -- "The king of diamonds" -- "I have fulfilled my destiny" -- "I wish you would be more reasonable" -- "Cold and often embarrassed" -- "Like a wounded soldier" -- "More full of charm" -- Epilogue.;

520 a| From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart -- and with it, an empire.;

600 00 a| Josephine,c| Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French,d| 1763-1814.=| ^A41400;

600 00 a| Napoleonb| I,c| Emperor of the French,d| 1769-1821x| Marriage.=| ^A18420;

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Ambition and desire : the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte / Kate Williams.

Author/creator	Williams, Kate, 1974- author.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Ballantine Books, [2014]
Copyright Date	©2014
Description	viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Subjects	Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Marriage. Empresses--France. --Biography.

Contents	Prologue -- La Pagerie -- Sophistication -- "Beneath all the sluts in the world" -- Revolution -- "The height of good manners to be ruined" -- "What strange power you have over my heart" -- "The single object in my heart" -- A million kisses -- "I am so distressed at being separated from him" -- "All I have suffered" -- "He owes me everything" -- "The most beautiful thing in the world" -- Scenes with Bonaparte -- "My stepfather Is a comet" -- "Your imperial majesty" -- "The king of diamonds" -- "I have fulfilled my destiny" -- "I wish you would be more reasonable" -- "Cold and often embarrassed" -- "Like a wounded soldier" -- "More full of charm" -- Epilogue.
Abstract	From CNN's official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon's heart -- and with it, an empire.
General note	Originally published under the title Josephine: desire, ambition, Napoleon in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson, a member of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2013.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [337]-365) and index.
ISBN	9780345522832 (hardback : alkaline paper)
ISBN	0345522834 (hardback : alkaline paper)

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