Josephine

Zusatztext 'Delightful' Kathryn Hughes! Mail on Sunday Informationen zum Autor Andrea Stuart was brought up in the Caribbean and the US. She has lived in Paris and now lives in London. She is the author of two acclaimed biographies, Showgirls , about Josephine Baker, published by Jonathan Cape in 1996 and Josephine: The Rose of Martinique , a biography of the Empress Josephine, published by Macmillan in 2003. She is co-editor of the Black Film Bulletin and Fiction Editor of Critical Quarterly. Klappentext A rich and evocative biography which tells the extraordinary story of one of the most remarkable women of modern history: Josephine BonaparteA rich and evocative biography which tells the extraordinary story of one of the most remarkable women of modern history: Josephine Bonaparte Zusammenfassung ‘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.

Product details

• Authors: Andrea Stuart, Stuart Andrea
• Publisher: Pan Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2013
• EAN: 9781447249030
• ISBN: 978-1-4472-4903-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Frankreich, 19. Jahrhundert (1800 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Europäische Geschichte, Women, Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, France, European History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, HISTORY / Europe / France, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Biography: historical, political and military, Europe / France