A Rose for Virtue, The Very Private Life of Hortense, Stepdaughter of Napoleon I, Mother of Napoleon III by Lofts, Norah - 1971

NY: Doubleday, 1971 VERY GOOD+/VERY GOOD book club edition HCDJ. A beautiful unmarked copy: crisp, clean, tight, no markings, nice boards, text appears unhandled and unread. DJ has light edge wear & a couple of really small edge tears. 5.75" x 8.5", 278 pages. The private life of one of history's most fascinating women, the romantic heroine known as Hortense de Beauharnais, stepdaughter of Napoleon Bonaparte. It's a vivid portrait of Napoleonic France, and of a woman who became a reluctant partner in its glory - and an innocent victim of its hatreds and intrigues. . Hard Cover.