Desiree Author:Annemarie Selinko Desiree was a lovely young girl when she met the shabby soldier with the electrifying dreams of empire - Napoleon Bonaparte! Soon they were engaged to be married, but he was to fall for the seductive Josephine, and lovesick Desiree gave her heart to the future King of Sweden. Yet, even as Sweden's Queen, Desiree could never forget Napoleon, an... more »d when she fled to his side in Paris she caused a notorious scandal in a continent ablaze with the searing passions of war. "Desiree" is one of the greatest true love stories ever written - the sweeping romance of a beautiful Cinderella from Marseilles who followed her heart to the upper reaches of power and passion in a glittering age!« less