Desiree

von Annemarie Selinko

&quote;An epic love story...irresistible reading.&quote; -Chicago Tribune To be young, in France, and in love: fourteen year old Desiree can't believe her good fortune. Her fiance, a dashing and ambitious Napoleon Bonaparte, is poised for battlefield success, and no longer will she be just a French merchant's daughter. She could not have known the twisting path her role in history would take, nearly breaking her vibrant heart but sweeping her to a life rich in passion and desire. A love story, but so much more, Desiree explores the landscape of a young heart torn in two, giving readers a compelling true story of an ordinary girl whose unlikely brush with history leads to a throne no one would have expected. An epic bestseller that has earned both critical acclaim and mass adoration, Desiree is at once a novel of the rise and fall of empires, the blush and fade of love, and the heart and soul of a woman. &quote;This is a fascinating panorama, from the blood-and-sawdust reek of Robespierre's guillotine to the final collapse of the Hundred Days.&quote; -New York Times What Readers Are Saying &quote;An absolutely marvelous story about a courageous woman in a difficult time who made difficult choices... one of the best books I have ever read.&quote; &quote;Desiree seems to come alive when I read, and I become her. This book is so romantic, so colorful and full of adventure.&quote; &quote;This book has meant so much to so many women.&quote; &quote;History has never before been as human as it is here, told through the pages of Desiree's (fictitious) diary.&quote;