Queen Hortense
Subtitle: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
Contributors: Mrs. Chapman Coleman (Translator)
Publisher: Dodo Press
Published: October 19, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781406521986
Subjects: Historical fiction; Historical - General; Fiction / Historical; Fiction - Historical
First sentence: "ONE moment of bliss is not too dearly bought with death," says our great German poet, and he may be right; but a moment of bliss purchased with a long lifetime full of trial and suffering is far too costly.