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Book Synopsis''Fraser cleverly contrasts Pauline''s callous offloading of successive lovers ... The success of a biography of an un-improving subject like this is whether or not we miss them at its close ... Pauline was clearly irresistible company'' Literary ReviewCelebrated for her looks, notorious for her passions, immortalised by Antonio Canova''s statue and always deeply loyal to her brother, Pauline Bonaparte Borghese is a fascinating figure. At the turn of the nineteenth century she was considered by many to be the most beautiful woman in Europe. She shocked the continent with the boldness of her love affairs, her opulent wardrobe and jewels and, most famously, her decision to pose nearly nude for Canova''s sculpture, which has been replicated in countless ways through the years.But just as remarkable for Pauline''s private life was her fidelity to the emperor (if not to her husbands). She was witness to Napoleon''s great victories in Italy, and she was often with him and her
Trade ReviewFraser cleverly contrasts Pauline's callous offloading of successive lovers ... The success of a biography of an un-improving subject like this is whether or not we miss them at its close ... Pauline, with or without marmoreal buttocks, was clearly irresistible company * Literary Review *
