Title: The Académie
Description: Told in separate voices, teenaged Eliza Monroe, the daughter of a future United States President, Hortense de Beauharnais and Caroline Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon I, and Madeleine, daughter of an actress, come together at L'Académie Nationale à St. Germain in the turmoil of 1799 France.
Subjects: Interpersonal relations, Family, Aristocracy (Social class), Boarding schools, Schools, History, Fiction, Children's fiction, Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821, fiction, Interpersonal relations, fiction, Boarding schools, fiction, Schools, fiction, Paris (france), history, fiction
Places: Paris (France), France
People: Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), James Monroe (1758-1831)
Time periods: 1799-1815, 1789-1815