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Introduction
Book One
Desiree, Wife of Marshal Bernadotte
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 Desirees diary they are alive.
Here we can see, through a womans 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 soldiers 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. Desirees 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.
Chapter 1March 1794: the Police Have Arrested My Brother
Chapter 2Next day: At The Town Hall
Chapter 3The Same Evening: A Young Man Brought Me Home
Chapter 4A Day Later: I Have Met Napoleon
Chapter 5August 1974: Napoleon Is In Prison
Chapter 6September 1794: Julies Marriage Feast
Chapter 7September 1795: I Have Run Away From Home