Williams, Kate,  1974- <br/><br/>
Ambition and desire :  the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte / 
Kate Williams. 
 - First edition. 
 - viii, 384 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published under the title Josephine: desire, ambition, Napoleon in the United Kingdom by Hutchinson, a member of The Random House Group Limited, London, in 2013. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Prologue -- La Pagerie -- Sophistication -- "Beneath all the sluts in the world" -- Revolution -- "The height of good manners to be ruined" -- "What strange power you have over my heart" -- "The single object in my heart" -- A million kisses -- "I am so distressed at being separated from him" -- "All I have suffered" -- "He owes me everything" -- "The most beautiful thing in the world" -- Scenes with Bonaparte -- "My stepfather Is a comet" -- "Your imperial majesty" -- "The king of diamonds" -- "I have fulfilled my destiny" -- "I wish you would be more reasonable" -- "Cold and often embarrassed" -- "Like a wounded soldier" -- "More full of charm" -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780345522832 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014030438 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French,  1763-1814. <br/>Napoleon I,  Emperor of the French,  1769-1821 --Marriage.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Empresses--France--Biography.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.<br/>HISTORY / Europe / France.<br/>HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DC216.1  / .W44 2015 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>944.05092  B