The Josephine B. Trilogy NAPOLEONIC BIBLIOGRAPHY (with a few comments):
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—. Joséphine. Heinemann; London; 1962. Also very good.
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Dard, Émile. Napoleon and Talleyrand. Trans. by Christopher R. Turner. Philip Allan & Co., Ltd.; London; 1937.
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Epton, Nina C. Josephine: the Empress and Her Children. Weidenfeld & Nicolson; London; 1975.
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Fain, Baron. Napoleon: How He Did It. Foreword by Jean Tulard. Proctor Jones Publishing Co.; San Francisco; 1998. —A nuts and bolts book on how Napoleon worked. Fascinating.
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Méneval, Baron de. L’impératrice Josephine. Calmann-Lévy; Paris; 1910. —Vague.
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Minnigerode, Meade. The Magnificent Comedy; Some aspects of public and private life in Paris, from the fall of Robespierre to the coming of Bonaparte July, 1794-November, 1799.Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.; Murray Hill, New York; 1931. —Hard to read, and a terrible view of Josephine, but very colourful.
Mitford, Nancy. Voltaire in Love. E.P. Dutton; New York; 1985.
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Morton, J. B. Brumaire; The Rise of Bonaparte. Books for Libraries Press; Plainview, New York; 1976.
Mossiker, Frances. More Than a Queen; the story of Josephine Bonaparte. Drawings by Michael Eagle. Knopf; New York; 1971. —A young adult title, nicely written, beautiful illustrations.
—. Napoleon and Josephine; the Biography of a Marriage. Simon and Schuster; New York; 1964.
Mühlbach, L. The Empress Josephine; an Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon. Trans. from the German by Rev. W. Binet, A. M. D. Appleton and Company; New York; 1867. —Available on line at Digital Library. http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=4226
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Turquan, Joseph. The Love Affairs of Napoleon. Trans. by J. Lewis May. John Lane Company; New York; MCMXIV. —Full of inaccuracies.
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