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“3 GREAT STARS AT THEIR GREATEST IN A GLORIOUS AND BOISTEROUS VENTURE THAT DECIDED THE FATE OF THREE NATIONS!”
A fiery Cuban woman guides an emissary from the U.S. president through the jungles of war-torn Cuba.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Henry Piper
In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding General Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.