Saint-Amand opens at the beginning of the Empire, when the widow of Beauharnais found herself crowned beside Napoleon. Drawing on memoirs and letters, he portrays the ceremonies, the ladies and courtiers around her, the jealousies of the Bonaparte family and the campaigns that took the Emperor away, all overshadowed by her fear of divorce.
A richly anecdotal portrait for readers fascinated by the Napoleonic court. Download the free EPUB.