Josephine

Author: Andrea Stuart

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A rich and evocative biography which tells the extraordinary story of one of the most remarkable women of modern history: Josephine Bonaparte

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A rich and evocative biography which tells the extraordinary story of one of the most remarkable women of modern history: Josephine Bonaparte

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‘It’s a story worthy of a blockbuster novel, and it’s all true. Oodles of sex, passion, adultery, media hype, decadence, plots, murder, mayhem, anguish and betrayal fill these pages . . . an enjoyable, well-researched book; I didn’t want to reach the end’ Edwina Currie, New Statesman Books of the Year

One of the most potent icons of female sexuality, Josephine has largely been reduced to an empty cipher, wife to her more famous husband and the butt of one of the oldest jokes around. Yet as Andrea Stuart shows, the girl who grew up on the beautiful island of Martinique endured Caribbean slave revolts, an arranged marriage, and the threat of the guillotine before she even met the man who made her Empress of France. In the grip of turbulent times, Josephine used her intelligence and her allure to forge her way in a Paris that raged and fought and danced its way through revolution and empire. This is the thrilling story of her strength, survival and ultimate transformation.

Critic Reviews

‘Delightful’ Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday

About the Author

Andrea Stuart was brought up in the Caribbean and the US. She has lived in Paris and now lives in London. Her first book, Showgirls, was published to critical acclaim by Jonathan Cape in 1996. She is co-editor of the Black Film Bulletin and Fiction Editor of Critical Quarterly.