Desiree

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The most popular historical romance since GONE WITH THE WIND

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 fianc e 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.