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The Second Empress
On sale
14th March 2013
Price: £9.99
1810. Palais des Tuileries, France.
As a princess of the Holy Roman Empire, Marie-Louise Habsburg knows the importance of family loyalty. So when her father asks her to save his crown by marrying a foreign stranger twice her age she has no choice but to obey.
But when she arrives in Paris, is becomes clear that Marie-Louise will have to fight for a place in her new husband’s affections.
Between a scorned first wife determined to hold on to her title and a fiendishly devious sister-in-law, will the young princess ever be able to win her rightful place at court?
Meet Marie-Louise Bonaparte, youngest wife of Napoleon the Great and France’s unwilling Second Empress.
As a princess of the Holy Roman Empire, Marie-Louise Habsburg knows the importance of family loyalty. So when her father asks her to save his crown by marrying a foreign stranger twice her age she has no choice but to obey.
But when she arrives in Paris, is becomes clear that Marie-Louise will have to fight for a place in her new husband’s affections.
Between a scorned first wife determined to hold on to her title and a fiendishly devious sister-in-law, will the young princess ever be able to win her rightful place at court?
Meet Marie-Louise Bonaparte, youngest wife of Napoleon the Great and France’s unwilling Second Empress.
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'A first-class novel, brilliantly written' Alison Weir.