Leonie and the Last Napoleon

Leonie and the Last Napoleon

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    Leonie and the Last Napoleon. by Tony Boullemier. This remarkable novel is based on the diary of the author's great-grandmother Leonie Michel, born at the. Leonie and the Last Napoleon [Tony Boullemier] on www.farmersmarketmusic.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This remarkable novel is based on the diary of the.

    The final chapter in the story of the last Napoleon is still being written as the French belatedly seek from Britain the return of his mortal remains. To gain a vivid picture of his tumultuous life and times, you can do no better than read this enthralling book. From boudoir to battlefield, searing passion pulsates through the pages of this family saga. Set against the political turmoil and appalling bloodshed of 19th century Europe, "Leonie" is doubly compelling for being based on the real lives of "ordinary" characters swept along by extraordinary events.

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    With refreshing directness and pace, Tony Boullemier charts the erratic fortunes of his eponymous forbear - as a young beauty, catching the emperor's predatory eye, as a member of the hated bourgeoisie, fleeing the murderous mob. The reader is time-warped back to the age of do-or-die cavalrymen and crinolined courtesans, sexual scandal and international intrigue. A well-researched epic peppered with offbeat historical facts, the tale romps along at exhilarating speed. The pages almost turn themselves.

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    Tony Boullemier, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in , worked as a journalist there and in Fleet Street before starting his own newspaper group in Northampton. His first book was a novel, Leonie and the last Napoleon, intriguingly based on his French ancestors.

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    You will then log in with your email and new password in future. He ran it for 14 years before selling it to one of the world's leading publishers. He then freelanced, studied history and followed his many sporting interests.

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    He is married with two children. Historical Altars of Stone by Corinne Brixton. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Leonie and the Last Napoleon by Tony Boullemier. Born in Paris at the height of France's revolution, Leonie Michel's early life is blighted by illness, drama and tragedy.

    She is born almost blind; her father is taken to court for practicing as a doctor while unqualified; and her mother dies when she is young. Leonie has to cope with the predatory women who descend on her father and bleed him dry and she is then pa Born in Paris at the height of France's revolution, Leonie Michel's early life is blighted by illness, drama and tragedy.

    Leonie has to cope with the predatory women who descend on her father and bleed him dry and she is then packed off to a cruel boarding school. But matters improve when her father starts finding success with his unique new treatment for skin cancer. Leonie is now a blonde beauty of 17 and enchants the ageing emperor. He encourages her ambition to become an actress and after she makes a successful debut, the dazzling city of Paris open up to her. She encounters celebrated writers, artists and musicians, not to mention the dashing soldiers of the Second Empire and their gilded women.

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    But she is also exposed to temptation and danger and an intimate encounter ends in a terrifying kidnap. When she falls in love, her future is ruined by the last person she would expect. And worse is to follow when war breaks out.

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    The Prussians invade France and their vast army besieges Paris. Leonie's family and friends are caught up in the bitter conflict as the starving city fights for its life, reduced to eating dogs, cats and zoo animals to survive. What follows is yet another revolution and civil war. Some of Leonie's closest friends are killed and in her quest for peace and happiness, she flees to England where again her path crosses that of the exiled Emperor.

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