Desiree by Annemarie Selinko
Perhaps the most successful historical romance since GONE WITH THE WIND, DESIREE is the bestselling novel of Napoleon's first love. 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 fiancee 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.-
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Our Island Story
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The Ottoman Empire
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Salisbury: Victorian Titan
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The Age of Illusion
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The Age Of Arthur
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Massacre At Montsegur: A History Of The Albigensian Crusade
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The Man on a Donkey
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Mussolini
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Mary Tudor
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Portrait of an Age
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The Road to Mayerling
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The Fields Beneath
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Blood, Sweat and Arrogance
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Cecil Beaton
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Roman Warfare
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The Lady For Ransom
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Sex In Georgian England
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Duel of Eagles
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Around the World in Eighty Treasures
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Elizabeth and Leicester
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Three's Company
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Winter Quarters
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Robert, Earl of Essex
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Daily Life of the Etruscans
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Family Favourites
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Sailing Alone Around the World
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They Were Defeated
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The Duchess of Dino
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Garibaldi and the Thousand
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History of the Conquest of Peru
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The Princes in the Tower
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The Queen's Necklace
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Ancient Lives
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Celsius 7/7
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Fields of Fire
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At 12 Mr Byng Was Shot
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The Civilization of Ancient Crete
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Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great
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Anthony Trollope
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Ascendancy to Oblivion
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Empire
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Lord Geoffrey's Fancy
The most fascinating historical novel since Gone With the Wind * Boston Post *
An epic love story.. irresistible reading * Chicago Tribune *
An astonishing story told with verve, and a swift, fluent and deeply feminine charm. The Napoleonic background is vivid and accurate * Evening Standard *
An epic love story.. irresistible reading * Chicago Tribune *
An astonishing story told with verve, and a swift, fluent and deeply feminine charm. The Napoleonic background is vivid and accurate * Evening Standard *
Annemarie Selinko was born in Vienna in 1914. She was a successful journalist and novelist. In 1938 she moved to Copenhagen, and subsequently lived in Stockholm, Paris and London, before returning to Copenhagen. Désirée was a huge best-seller with over a million copies sold and in 1956 was turned into a film starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons. Annemarie Selinko died in Copenhagen in 1986.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842125212 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842125214 |
| Title | Desiree |
| Author | Annemarie Selinko |
| Series | Phoenix Press Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-07-18 |
| Number of pages | 592 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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