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Description

1. 435 pages; 25 cm

Summary

1. "As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone. Her head -- as well as her family -- is at risk, and it's fallen on her to save them from the guillotine. A chance encounter with Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious and charismatic young military prodigy, provides her answer. When her beloved sister Julie marries his brother Joseph, Desiree and Napoleon's futures become irrevocably linked. Quickly entering into their own passionate, dizzying courtship followed by a secret engagement, they vow to meet in the capital once his career has been secured. But her newly laid plans with Napoleon turn to sudden heartbreak, due to the rising star of Parisian society, Josephine de Beauharnais. Once again, Desiree's life is turned upside down. Swept to the glittering halls of the French capital, Desiree is plunged into the inner circle of the new ruling class, becoming further entangled with Napoleon, his family, and his Empress. But her fortunes shift once again when she meets Napoleon's confidant and star general, the indomitable Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. When these two men become political rivals and military foes, the question that arises is: will Desiree choose the love of her new husband or the love of her nation and its Emperor? From the lavish estates of the French Riviera to the raucous streets of Paris and Stockholm, Desiree finds herself at the epicenter of the rise and fall of an empire, navigating a constellation of political giants and dangerous, shifting alliances. Emerging from an impressionable girl into a fierce young woman, she discovers that to survive in this world she must learn to rely upon her instincts and her heart"--

Subject

1. France
2. Kings and rulers
3. Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821
4. Kings and rulers > Fiction
5. 1789-1799
6. Man-woman relationships > Fiction
7. History
8. Historical fiction
9. FICTION / Literary
10. Biographical fiction
11. Revolution > (France : > 1789-1799)
12. FICTION / Historical / World War I
13. Courts and courtiers > Fiction
14. Désirée, Queen, consort of Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1777-1860 > Fiction
15. Fiction
16. Upper class > Fiction
17. Napoleon > I, > Emperor of the French, > 1769-1821 > Fiction
18. France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Fiction
19. FICTION / Biographical

Genre/Form

1. Biographical fiction.
2. Fiction.
3. Historical fiction.
4. History.

Call number

1. JFE 20-5004

Author

1. Pataki, Allison, author.

Title

1. The queen's fortune : a novel of desiree, napoleon, and a dynasty that outlasted an empire / Allison Pataki.

Publisher

1. New York : Ballantine Books, [2020]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Chronological term

1. 1789-1799

Other form:

1. Online version: Pataki, Allison, The queen's fortune New York : Ballantine Books, 2020. 9780593128190 (DLC) 2019037588

LCCN

1. 2019037587

ISBN

1. 9780593128183 (hardcover ; acid-free paper)
2. 0593128184
3. 9780593128190 (ebook)

Research call number

1. JFE 20-5004