From Endeavour
Napoleon and Marie-Louise: The Second Empress by Alan Palmer
Arch-duchesses have always been disastrous for France', Napoleon once remarked, yet in 1810 he married the Arch-duchess Marie Louise, the eighteen-year-old daughter of his persistent enemy, the Emperor of Austria.
Though their union was a political expedient, Napoleon lived happily and proudly with `my good Louise' until defeat sent him to Elba and she returned to Vienna, to become eventually the sovereign of an Italian duchy.
Alan Palmer gives the first detailed portrait of this extraordinary episode in Europe's history.
He traces the changing fortunes of France and Austria through the years of Napoleonic ascendancy and its eventual eclipse.
Alan Palmer was head of the History Department at Highgate School from 1953 to 1969 when he gave up his post to concentrate on historical writing and research. His many books include `Metternich: Councillor of Europe'; `Alexander I: Tsar of War' and `Bismarck'.
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