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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte; Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; Napoleon, Emperor of the French; Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte; Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia; Napoleon, Emperor of the French |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carol Berkin |
ISBN: | 9780307592781 0307592782 9780307476258 0307476251 |
OCLC Number: | 1058465527 |
Description: | 256 pages ; cm. |
Contents: | "She is a most extraordinary girl" -- "I would rather be the wife of Jerome Bonaparte for an hour" -- "An almost naked woman" -- "Have confidence in your husband" -- "Madame Bonaparte is ambitious" -- "I intend to be governed by my own rules" -- "I shall resume the name of my own family" -- "The purposes of life are all fulfilled" -- "Your ideas soar'd too high" -- "For this life there is nothing but disappointment" -- "That was my American wife" -- "He had neither my pride, my ambition, nor my love of good company" -- "Disgusted with the past, despairing of a future" -- "My birth is legitimate" -- "I will not be dupe enough to ever try justice in France" -- "Once I had everything but money; now I have nothing but money" -- Conclusion: "I have lived alone and I will die alone" -- Epilogue: The American Bonapartes. |
Responsibility: | Carol Berkin. |
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