TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Kate TI - Ambition and desire: the dangerous life of Josephine Bonaparte SN - 9780345522832 AV - DC216.1 .W44 2015 U1 - 944.05092B 23 PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Ballantine Books KW - Josephine, KW - Napoleon KW - Empresses KW - France KW - Biography KW - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY / Europe / France KW - HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century N1 - 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; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -