Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe
New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction, 1999.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner paperback Fiction edition.
Description: 370 pages ; 21 cm
In the second novel in the acclaimed Josephine B. Trilogy, Sandra Gulland offers a sweeping yet intimate portrayal of the political and personal struggles of the wife of the most powerful man in the world.
Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe is the much-awaited sequel to Sandra Gulland's highly acclaimed first novel, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
Beginning in Paris in 1796, the saga continues as Josephine awakens to her new life as Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte. Through her intimate diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned love letters, an astonishing portrait of an incredible woman emerges. Gulland transports us into the ballrooms and bedrooms of exquisite palaces and onto the blood-soaked fields of Napoleon's campaigns. As Napoleon marches to power, we witness, through Josephine, the political intrigues and personal betrayals -- both sexual and psychological -- that result in death, ruin, and victory for those closest to her.
Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe is the much-awaited sequel to Sandra Gulland's highly acclaimed first novel, The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
Beginning in Paris in 1796, the saga continues as Josephine awakens to her new life as Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte. Through her intimate diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned love letters, an astonishing portrait of an incredible woman emerges. Gulland transports us into the ballrooms and bedrooms of exquisite palaces and onto the blood-soaked fields of Napoleon's campaigns. As Napoleon marches to power, we witness, through Josephine, the political intrigues and personal betrayals -- both sexual and psychological -- that result in death, ruin, and victory for those closest to her.
Subjects:
Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814 -- Fiction.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Fiction.
Empresses -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814 -- Fiction.
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Fiction.
Empresses -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815 -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
0684856077
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Gulland | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-365).