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Bernadotte: Napoleon's Marshal, Sweden's King

By Alan Palmer

Book information

Publisher
John Murray
Year
1991
ISBN
0719547032, 9780719547034
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18916869 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
288\320
Library
Archive.org
Time added
2024-01-20 19:43:05

Description

Jean Bernadotte was an enigmatic but dashing and courageous soldier in early 19th-century France. A rival to Napoleon, he married Napoleon's first love, Desiree Clary, and later, as Crown Prince of Sweden, he fought against Napoleon at Leipzig in 1813, hoping to take the throne of France. Instead, in 1818, he found himself King of Sweden. This biography draws on a considerable body of recent French and Swedish research.

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