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  <title><![CDATA[The Josephine Bonaparte Collection: The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B., Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe, and  The Last Great Dance on Earth]]></title>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Laurie Stein]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Jan 06 08:38:37 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jan 20 06:28:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have finished the first one and have to say that it is one of those rare books where you wonder why your children cannot make their own dinner . . .  after all, you need to get back to your book!  ;-)  Seriously, it was a truly wonderful read.  (Thank you, Laurie!)   I am on page 200 of the second...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42089546">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[These three books are sooooooo good. They are written in the form of a diary - Josephine Bonaparts diary and so you get a very intimate look into the lives of Jesephine, Napoleon, and their surrounding friends and family. <br/>They begin with Josephine as a young girl on the Island of Martinico and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31599782">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Fri Jun 22 18:01:19 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jun 22 18:05:07 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a 3 book series that you will love.  It really gives a sweeping portrayl of Josephine's life and a time in history when things were different.  These books carry you from her childhood, through turmoil with her first husband, and then into her falling for Napoleon and all that happens.<br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2282231">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21919642">
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri May 09 07:28:39 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Aug 28 07:59:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just finished the first book, and I really enjoyed it.  I wanted to wait until I finish the series to write my review, but so far, very enjoyable.  <br/><br/>Update:  Finished the second book in the series. Josephine/Rose is a very charismatic character, and I like the letters/diary format.  <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21919642">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18989302">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Mykin]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 30 09:21:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jul 24 16:07:59 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It took some time to get into the first book, but through most of the first and the second and third, I was very emotionally connected to the characters and the story.  I enjoyed learning about Napolean and all that went on in his day. I was mad at him one day and pleased with him the next.  I would...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18989302">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11437103">
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  <read_at>Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Jan 02 07:08:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Jan 02 07:13:32 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Few times have I read a trilogy where all three books were equally good.  I could not put them down.  You will be shocked how much you don't know about the French Revolution and the Bonaparte's. What an eye opener.  I bought this hard to find and out of print collection online and gave it to my moth...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11437103">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46048904">
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 11 11:48:27 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 11 11:54:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A fascinating read, although not completely historically accurate.  As a teen in Matrinique, Josephine was told by an obeah woman that she would be a queen.  She moves to Paris to marry a cousin.  The marriage is unhappy, but the couple is swept up in the barbarism of the French Revolution.  It was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46048904">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="31944190">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Ginger, Heather, Capri, Ivy]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Angie]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Sep 03 16:06:07 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 11 16:42:24 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[These are my favorite books of all time. I learned so much about the French revolution. Also I just love Josephine. I also loved the way the books explained so much about the 1800's. It was even interesting to read about the plays that they would go to. I really wish that some more of my sisters wou...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31944190">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20230824">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[anyone who likes historical fiction]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Laura Freeman]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Apr 15 11:58:52 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 15 11:58:52 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The historical novel captivated my imagination....in spite of the number of pages, the book was a relatively quick read.  Insightful, historical and credible, I really enjoyed reviewing my French historical knowledge.  I want to visit Mal Maison...Josephine's country property outside France.]]></body>
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    <review id="71567083">
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  <date_added>Thu Sep 17 11:44:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Sep 17 12:27:11 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read these [3 volumes:] at the suggestion of a woman I love....who, I believe, will one day abandon her husband and two children to run away with me....I keep reading her recommendations with this belief.  These were, how you say, 'entertaining' and I learned much about the life and times of Josep...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71567083">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44977855">
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 14:12:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 14:16:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was such a good series! I'm a huge history buff and I especially love stories based on, in or around the French Revolution and English Monarchy. This series chronicles the life of Josephine Bonaparte before her rise as the 1st Empress of France through her married and rise to fame as Napoleon's...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44977855">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="6130784">
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  <date_added>Wed Sep 12 21:57:49 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Sep 12 21:58:15 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Such great historical fiction!  I absolutely sped through this entire series.]]></body>
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    <review id="46668241">
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Tue Feb 17 13:58:25 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Earlier I was reviewing these one by one, but really they come into their own when one reads them all. Interesting subject, really nice human touches, lovely acerbic and sweet bits to the writing, portraying the characters through little comments or actions rather than being overly obvious. A really...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46668241">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="48587874">
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  <read_at>Thu Feb 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 08 07:07:40 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read all three books of this series during my vacation. It was a wonderful escape into the life of a person I was largely unfamiliar with. Her life was so varied and would have been unbelievable as fiction if we didn't know that it is based on fact. Sandra Gulland wove this tale beautifully, drawi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48587874">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61169510">
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  <read_at>Sat Oct 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sat Oct 10 13:48:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was very fascinated by this work, an interesting mix of fact and fiction.  Sandra Gulland has made me a Josephine B. fan and now I have added her recommended reading to my TBR list.  <br/><br/>I felt a little overwhelmed by the size of the book; what if it was boring?  Well, it was anything but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61169510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36105702">
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  <date_added>Fri Oct 24 10:16:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Oct 24 10:43:18 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[These are 3 of my favorite books of all time.  I have always been a reader, even as a little one, but after reading the first Josephine B. book about 6 years ago, I found a whole new love for reading and a brand new love for historical fiction.  <br/><br/>We all know Josephine Bonaparte as Napoleo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36105702">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32433968">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say about this collection. Utterly addictive. <br/>This book still haunts me- but in a good way. I just finished it a couple days ago and I'm hungry for more. I think about Josephine Bonaparte all time. I just loved being a part of her world!<br/><br/>First off Sandra Gulland is a poli...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32433968">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i read this series for the first time when i was staying in london and i nearly made a trip to paris simply to visit malmaison. <br/><br/>i had no real knowledge of josephine prior to reading this series and precious little understanding of the french revolution. these books are loaded with histor...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2184020">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I doubt that this is necessarily an historically accurate picture of Josephine's life, but it is most certainly an entertaining one.  And there are some things that can be learned from the book.  <br/><br/>The books are written in the fashion of Josephine's own diary entries, from her life as a te...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5623973">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I have never read a book about Josephine or the Napoleonic empire so I didn't know what to expect. I have to say I was very impressed with the simple, straight forward style of Sandra Gulland. I loved the fact that the book is written from the perspective of the heroine, and eventhough in some insta...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55362132">more...</a>]]></body>
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