The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
Author: Sandra Gulland
Publisher: Touchstone (1995)
ISBN: 0684856069
pages: 448
genre: historical fiction
4.5 (out of 5) STARS
Annotation: The diary of a Creole beauty from Martinique who became Napoleon's wife. It traces her adjustment to French high society, her love affairs in order to survive the revolution--her husband is guillotined--and her romance with Napoleon.
Summary: Young Josephine Bonaparte shines at the center of a new, sweeping, romantic work of historical fiction by Sandra Gulland: detailed and exhaustively researched, compelling and powerful, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. is the first in a trilogy of fictional novels tracing the actual rise of a young European noblewoman who would one day stand next to Napoleon. From the heartbreak of lost loves to the horror of revolution to the hope of new days, it's an intimate epic any romance lover will love. (www.goodreads.com)
Evaluation: I read this book as a read-a-like to The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott. Although both books are historical fiction and during the same general time period, the feel of both books was quite different. I enjoyed this book more. I knew very little about Josephine Bonaparte and was quite intriqued. I hope to read the other two books in the trilogy soon.
Josephine B trilogy:
1- The Many Lives & Secret Sorrow of Josephine B
2-Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
3- The Last Great Dance on Earth
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