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An astonishing story told with verve, and a swift, fluent and deeply feminine charm. The Napoleonic background is vivid and accurate Informationen zum Autor Annemarie Selinko was born in Vienna in 1914. She was a successful journalist and novelist. In 1938 she moved to Copenhagen, and subsequently lived in Stockholm, Paris and London, before returning to Copenhagen. Désirée was a huge best-seller with over a million copies sold and in 1956 was turned into a film starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. Annemarie Selinko died in Copenhagen in 1986. Klappentext "The most fascinating historical novel since "Gone with the Wind,""--"Boston Post." The passions and intrigues of Napoleon Bonaparte's court, brought vividly alive through an unusual point of view: that of a young merchant's daughter from Marseilles who became Napoleon's fiancee and rose to become Queen of Sweden. A massive international best seller, the film version starred a young Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. Perhaps the most successful historical romance since GONE WITH THE WIND, DESIREE is the bestselling novel of Napoleon's first love.Perhaps the most successful historical romance since GONE WITH THE WIND, DESIREE is the bestselling novel of Napoleon's first love.
