I didn't know much about (probably because I never was too interested in her) Josephine going in to this 'historical entertainment' by Carolly Erickson, who normally does some rather riveting biographies of royal women. I still prefer her nonfiction work, but this was fun, and a quick read, and sent me scurrying to the computer to find out what was fact and what was fiction. Josephine and I have some things in common, it turns out, namely migraine headaches, horrible inlaws (hers actually tried to have her killed), shrewd business sense, and rather poor taste in men.