Desiree's Diary(Book One)
This book is the dairy of a French girl who lived in the time of Napoleon Bonaparte. She was a real person. So were others who come into her story. Their names appear in the history books of Europe; but there they are dead people ----- and in Desiree's diary they are alive.
Here we can see, through a woman's eyes, how history was made. She was there. She knew the men and women who made it. She almost married Napoleon himself.
No one really understood him. Not even Desiree. She hated his wars; but she never hated the man. He has no heart, she said. And she was sorry for him, because love and peace had no place in his life. In her own life she found true love, with Jean Bernadotte. But in those days a soldier's wife had little peace, especially if her husband dared to quarrel with Napoleon.
Some people write their diaries every day. Others only write then when something important happens. Desiree's diary is of the second kind. It only covers the most important times in her life.
The first half of her story is told in this book.
圖書目錄
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 March 1794: the Police Have Arrested My
- Chapter 2 Next day: At The Town Hall
- Chapter 3 The Same Evening: A Young Man Brought Me
- Chapter 4 A Day Later: I Have Met Napoleon
- Chapter 5 August 1974: Napoleon Is In Prison
- Chapter 6 September 1794: Julie's Marriage Feast
- Chapter 7 September 1795: I Have Run Away From Hom
- Chapter 8 Next Day: I always Jumped Off The Bridge
- Chapter 9 The Same Evening: …But someone Stopped M
- Chapter 10 April 1798: I Have Met Napoleon Again
- Chapter 11 A Month Later: The Happiest Day Of My L
- Chapter 12 Autumn 1798: Now I am A Soldier's Wife
- Chapter 13 July 1799: Oscar Is Born
- Chapter 14 November 9, 1799: Napoleon Governs Fran
- Chapter 15 March 1804: The Noble Families Have Ret
- Chapter 16 May 1804: France Has An Emperor
- Chapter 17 December 1, 1804: The Imperial Princess
- Chapter 18 December 2, 1804: The coronation
- Chapter 19 Two weeks Later: A Dance At The Opera H
- Chapter 21 June 1807: At Marienburg Castle
- Chapter 22 October 1809: Jean's Strange Conversati
- Chapter 23 December 1809: The Empress Josephine Ha
- Chapter 24 June 1810: What Did those Swedish offic