num_pages: 436
description: Young Josephine Bonaparte shines at the center of a new, sweeping, romantic work of historical fiction by Sandra Gulland: detailed and exhaustively researched, compelling and powerful, The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. is the first in a trilogy of fictional novels tracing the actual rise of a young European noblewoman who would one day stand next to Napoleon. From the heartbreak of lost loves to the horror of revolution to the hope of new days, it's an intimate epic any romance lover will love.
language: English
title: The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.
titlecomplete: The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B. (Josephine Bonaparte, #1)
characters: Josephine Bonaparte, Napoléon Bonaparte
genres: Book Club, Historical, Historical Fiction, Adult Fiction, 18th Century, French Revolution, Adult, Romance, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 16483
places: Paris, Martinique
series: Josephine Bonaparte
publisher: Scribner