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Désirée

All the passions and intrigues of Bonaparte's court are seen through the eyes of a silk merchant's daughter from Marseilles, a young woman who became Napoleon's fiancée and, ultimately, the Queen of Sweden.

'An astonishing story told with verve and a swift, fluent and deeply feminine charm. The Napoleonic background is vivid and accurate' Evening Standard

First published in 1953.

Important places

Marseille (106)

Regions

Stockholm (289)
Paris (3,057)
Bouches-du-Rhône (144)

Countries

France (7,260)
Sweden (876)

Other geographical areas

Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (466)
Scandinavia (1,373)
Nordic Countries (2,554)
Ile-de-France (3,166)