Becoming Josephine
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A sweeping historical debut about the Creole socialite who transformed herself into an empress Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris, eager to enjoy an elegant life at the royal court. Once there, however, Rose's aristocratic soldier-husband dashes her dreams by abandoning her amid the tumult of the French Revolution. After narrowly escaping death, Rose reinvents herself as Josephine, a beautiful socialite wooed by an awkward suitor--Napoleon Bonaparte. "A debut as bewitching as its protagonist." --Erika Robuck, author of Hemingway's Girl and Call Me Zelda "Vivid and passionate." --Susan Spann, author of The Shinobi Mysteries
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0142180653
ISBN13:9780142180655
Release Date:December 2013
Publisher:Plume Books
Length:310 Pages
Weight:0.57 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.8" x 8.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 12 and higher
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