Book ID: 76707
Jill Duchess of Hamilton
Napoleon, the Empress & the Artist. The Story of Napoleon, Josephine's Garden at Malmaison, Redouté & the Australian Plants. 1999. illus. 144 p. 4to. Hardcover.
Contents (partly): The Early French Connection with Australia/Redouté's Early Australian Connection/ Rousseau's Influence/ Josephine- the Early Years/ Napoleon's Early Life/ Napoleon, La Pérouse andAustralia/ La Pérouse, Botany Bay and Labillardière/ Confrontation inCorsica/ Marriage, Violets and Italy/ Victories/ The EgyptianCampaign/ The Purchase of Malmaison/ Josephine and Napoleon atMalmaison/ The English Garden Comes to France/ The Botanists Join theGardeners/ Redouté at Malmaison/ The Baudin Expedition to Australia/The Peace of Amiens/ The Coronation and Napoleon's Bees/ Painters toJosephine, Empress of the French/ The Divorce/ The Death of Josephine/ Violets and Willow Trees/ Epilogue/ Chronology of Events/ Appendix:Pierre Joseph Redoutés Illustrations of the Australian Flora/Bibliography.