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Nov 20, 2023 · The relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais has been hailed as a love affair for the ages, but it was anything but a perfect picture of selfless devotion...
- Una Mcilvenna
Nov 21, 2023 · As the wife of a feted war hero, Josephine exploited her political connections for her own gain, perhaps as a way of resisting the control Napoleon was exerting over the rest of her life.
- Katherine Astbury
Nov 23, 2023 · Establishing their real relationship is difficult because so few of Josephine's letters survive to offer her side of the story. Did she love Napoleon at the beginning? Probably...
- Katherine Astbury
Nov 15, 2023 · But despite the couple’s stormy and manipulative relationship, it was neither this nor his frustration with Joséphine and her affairs that drove Napoleon’s expansionist foreign policies.
Nov 21, 2023 · Though Joséphine did console herself with a new lover in her husband’s absence, Napoleon wasn’t faithful either, beginning a relationship with the wife of a junior army officer in 1798.
Sep 13, 2024 · Attempting to rise in French society, Joséphine engaged in affairs with numerous senior politicians, among them Paul Barras, who was the mentor of none other than Napoleon himself. In 1795, he grew tired of her, deciding to introduce her to his prodigy.
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Nov 30, 2023 · The movie goes deep into their love story: his letters, her affairs, his affairs, and ultimately their very strange divorce ceremony, necessary because Josephine — six years older than Napoleon —...
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