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“See Novarro fight and make love, hear him speak and sing the melodies the whole world will be humming!”
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
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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.


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