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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.



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The Second Empress

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      Publisher: Quercus Publishing
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 14/03/2013
      ISBN13: 9780857388629, 978-0857388629
      ISBN10: 0857388622

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review
      'A first-class novel, brilliantly written' Alison Weir. * Alison Weir *

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