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Désirée by Annemarie Selinko

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Post by elena maria vidal » Thu March 4th, 2010, 7:20 pm

I read it in college and loved it for the descriptions of the Bonaparte clan. I especially loved the portrayal of Josephine. The film with Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons is good, too.

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Post by Nickie » Mon June 27th, 2011, 2:54 pm

I read that book in the seventies, and must say quite like it. The style is of course a lot different than nowaday writing, but is that bad? Such novels were immensely popular back then, and I keep hoping that time will come again.


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Post by Margaret » Mon June 27th, 2011, 6:44 pm

I haven't read Gulland's books
Gulland is a fabulous writer. I've reviewed the first in her Josephine trilogy, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (see review), and keep meaning to read the other two. The first one absolutely brought Josephine to life for me, and if the other two are even half as good, these are the definitive novels about Josephine.
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Post by LoobyG » Tue June 28th, 2011, 3:07 pm

I've devoured all of Gulland's books, her Josephine trilogy is compulsive reading - and her 'Mistress of the Sun' about Louis XIV's mistress Louise de Valliere is great too. I can't wait to see what she does next :) I've got Desiree on my TBR pile but haven't got round to it yet.

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Post by princess garnet » Fri July 1st, 2011, 1:19 am

[quote=""LoobyG""]I've devoured all of Gulland's books, her Josephine trilogy is compulsive reading - and her 'Mistress of the Sun' about Louis XIV's mistress Louise de Valliere is great too. I can't wait to see what she does next :) I've got Desiree on my TBR pile but haven't got round to it yet.[/quote]
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