Book summaryThough he may have married her for political expediency, Napoleon is said to have really loved his second wife. She stood by him when the Russians invaded Paris, yet refused to go into exile with him on Elba. This biography of Marie Louise chronicles her early life in Vienna as the daughter of the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, her life in Paris with Napoleon, and the life she made for herself, after his exile in Parma. Media reviews"[A] smooth double biography. [A] good light read...." |
NAPOLEON & MARIE LOUISE The Emperor's Second Wifeby Palmer, AlanFirst Edition
Book description: St. Martin's Press. As New in As New dust jacket. 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. 0312280084 . Hardcover in dust jacket. 1st Edition, As New. .
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