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Walks Through Napoleon and Josephine's Paris
Walks Through Napoleon and Josephine's Paris Author:Diana Reid Haig Napoleon and Josephine's passionate romance played itself out on the stage of the most beautiful city in the world. Five walks through Paris trace the couple's courtship, Napoleon's student days at the École Militaire, the coronation route, their extravagant former homes at Malmaison and Fontainebleau, and, finally, the path that Napoleon'... more »s funeral cortege took nearly twenty years after his death. Readers visit the prison where Josephine was held during the Revolution, restaurants where the couple dined, and the jewelers Napoleon commissioned to make the dazzling royal crowns, timepieces, and swords. This pocket-sized guide evokes a panoramic sweep of French history and describes the public grandeur as well as the daily intimacy of Napoleon and Josephine's lives.« less