At the Court of Napoleon: Memoirs of the Duchesse d'Abrantes
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| Rating | : | 4.49 (986 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0900075325 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | French |
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When she was 16 she married General Junot, Governor of Paris. These memoirs bring to life the intimacies of the Imperial family and Napolean's tumultuous years of power and ultimate defeat.. Napoleon attempted to seduce her but failed. Laure Junot d'Abrantes was a childhood friend of the Bonapartes in Corsica. She became one of the foremost hostesses of the era and played a major role at the flamboyant court of Napoleon and Josephine
An insiders view of Napoleon's court Laure Permon came from an old Corsican family who immigrated to France around the same time Napoleon did. As a result the family had a strong relationship to the young Napoleon in his early years in France. Laure married Napoleon's friend General Junot in 1801 and as a result continued to be an insider during Napoleon's meteoritic rise. After the fall of the empire and the death of her husband Laure found herself deep i