Product Details
- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Avon A; Original edition (December 7, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0061721611
- ISBN-13: 978-0061721618
From Publishers Weekly Amazon.com
"Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's sister, was once hailed as the most beautiful woman in all of Europe. Married to the Italian Prince Camillo Borghese, a union as much of passion as of state, Pauline drove the jealous Camillo wild, and away for most of their marriage, with her infidelities and indiscretions. Their stormy love affair is seen through the eyes of Sophie, Pauline's surrogate daughter. Pauline and Camillo's tempestuous coupling is all the more interesting for its basis in fact, offering a thrilling romance with a Napoleonic backdrop. Borghese's first novel, writing about his ancestors, is a labor of love, and he resists the genre convention that passion leads to a lasting happy marriage. Pauline is a spitfire of a heroine--flawed, petulant, extremely unlikable, and mesmerizing. Throughout, the most compelling evolution is Sophie's as she, like the reader, moves from being enamored with Pauline to disenchanted, but incapable of leaving her."
My Thoughts:
This book, written by a descendent of Pauline Borghese nee Bonaparte is told by Sophie LeClerc ward of Napoleon Bonaparte. I was not crazy about Pauline as I found her to be a very selfish and self centered woman who could not be faithful to her husband Camillo Borghese. Sophie was sent by Napoleon to live with Pauline. I did enjoy the story though and even felt sad for Pauline.
I received a copy of this book from LibraryThing and was not compensated monetarily for my review.
I received a copy of this book from LibraryThing and was not compensated monetarily for my review.
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