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Description edit
The bestselling author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette and The Last Wife of Henry VIII returns with an enchanting novel about one of the most seductive women in history: Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon. Born on the Caribbean island of Martinique, Josephine had an exotic... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Rose-Joseph, "Josephine", Tascher Bonaparte: wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, aka Yeyette, aka Rose; daughter of Martinique planter
- Yeyette: the name Josephine's family and close friends call her along with Rose
- Edmee Renaudin: Joseph's sister; she lives in Paris
- Rosette Tascher: Josephine's spinster aunt, Joseph and Robert's sister
- Robert Tascher: Josephine's uncle, commandant of the harbor in Martinique
- Joseph Tascher: Josephine's father
- Euphemia: Josephine's handmaiden, long-time confident, half-sister born of Joseph's african mistress
- Marie Antoinette: Queen of France
- Julie Tascher: Joesphine's cousin, Robert's daughter
- Scipion du Roure: Joesphine's first love and long time friend, French naval officer
- Christian de Revarard: groom at Tuileries Palace who becomes a close confidant of Josephine
- Catherine des Sannois: Josephine's maternal grandmother, born Catherine Brown in Dundreary
- Orgulon: a quimboiseur or island sorcerer; Josephine goes to him for advice
- Alexandre Beauharnais: Joesphine's first husband and father of her children
- Laure de Girardin: Alexandre's mistress, mother of two bastard children
- Marquis Francois Beauharnais: Alexandre's father
- Fanny De Beauharnais: the marquis's sister-in-law
- Baron Henri Rossignol: French money lender, partners w/ Joesphine in Paris
- Eugene-Rose: Alexandre and Joesphine's son
- Hortense: Alexandre and Joesphine's daughter
- Selene: former slave @ Les Trois-Ilets; Joesph's mistress
- Donovan de Gautier: former overseer @ Tres Trois Ilets, Rose's first lover and longtime friend/lover
- Napoleon Bonaparte: Josephine's second husband who becomes emperor of France, also called Napulio
- Letizia Buonaparte: Joesphine's mother-in-law, Napoleon's mother
- Joesph Buonaparte: Napoleon's brother
- Coco: Rose's half-sister, daughter of Joesph and mistress Selene, raised by Joesphine
Setting & Locations edit
- Les Trois-Ilets: plantation owned first by Joesphine's maternal grandparents then Joesphine's parents; located in Martinique
- Paris: capital of France
- Martinique: Island governed by France
- Sacred Crossroads: on Morne Gantheaume, Orgulon's home
- Fort-royal: port city in Martinique
- Morne Gantheaume: tall volcanic mountain on Martinique; home of Orgulon
- Malmaison: country home bought by Joesphine just outside Paris
First Sentence edit
MY EYES ARE WEAKER NOW, I seem to live in a perpetual twilight.
Table of Contents edit
65 chapters, simply numbered
Authors & Contributors edit
- Carolly Erickson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: September 2007
ISBN: 978-0-312-36735-0
Page Count: 328
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: September 2007
ISBN: 978-0-312-36735-0
Page Count: 328
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3605.R53S43
- Dewey: 813.6
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