BECOMING JOSEPHINE
by Heather Webb
BECOMING JOSEPHINE is Heather Webb’s debut historical about
Napoleon’s empress, a woman in search of eternal love and stability, and
ultimately her search for self. It releases December 31, 2013 from
Plume/Penguin. Stop by her blog BetweentheSheets and leave a comment
for a chance to win a $20 gift card to Barnes & Noble or a $20 gift card to
Amazon. Pre-order her novel (present a receipt) and win a Josephine hand mirror
with a velvet bag.
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ABOUT THE BOOK
Rose Tascher sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris
to trade her Creole black magic culture for love and adventure. She arrives
exultant to follow her dreams of attending Court with Alexandre, her elegant
aristocrat and soldier husband. But Alexandre dashes her hopes and abandons her
amid the tumult of the French Revolution.
Through her savoir faire, Rose secures her footing in high
society, reveling in handsome men and glitzy balls—until the heads of her
friends begin to roll.
After narrowly escaping death in the blood-drenched cells of
Les Carmes prison, she reinvents herself as Josephine, a socialite of status
and power. Yet her youth is fading, and Josephine must choose between a
precarious independence and the love of an awkward suitor. Little does she
know, he would become the most powerful man of his century- Napoleon Bonaparte.
BECOMING JOSEPHINE is a novel of one woman’s journey to find
eternal love and stability, and ultimately to find herself.
ADVANCE PRAISE
Becoming Josephine has already been featured in a Wall Street Journal piece on the popularity of historical fiction featuring the wives of famous men.
“Heather Webb’s epic
novel captivates from its opening in a turbulent plantation society in the
Caribbean, to the dramatic rise of one of France’s most fascinating women:
Josephine Bonaparte. Perfectly balancing history and story, character and
setting, detail and pathos, Becoming Josephine marks a debut as bewitching as
its protagonist." –Erika Robuck, author of Hemingway's Girl
“With vivid
characters and rich historical detail, Heather Webb has portrayed in Josephine
a true heroine of great heart, admirable strength, and inspiring courage whose
quest is that of women everywhere: to find, and claim, oneself.” --Sherry Jones, bestselling author of The
Jewel of the Medina
“Josephine's warmth and complexity comes to vibrant life in
this fascinating novel rich with vivid historical detail."—Teresa Grant,
Author of THE PARIS AFFAIR
"Vivid and passionate, Becoming Josephine captures the
fiery spirit of the woman who stole Napoleon’s heart and enchanted an empire.
–Susan Spann, author of The Shinobi Mysteries
“A fast-paced, riveting journey, Becoming Josephine captures
the volatile mood of one of the most intense periods of history—libertine
France, Caribbean slave revolts, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic
Wars—from the point of a view of one of its key witnesses, Josephine
Bonaparte.” –Dana Gynther, author of Crossing on the Paris
“Spellbinding . . . Heather Webb’s novel takes us behind the
mask of the Josephine we thought we knew.” –Christy English, author of How to
Tame a Willful Wife and To Be Queen
“Enchanting prose
takes the reader on an unforgettable journey . . . Captivating young Rose
springs from the lush beauty of her family's sugar plantation in Martinique to
shine in the eighteenth century elegance of Parisian salon society. When France
is torn by revolution, not even the blood-bathed terror of imprisonment can
break her spirit.” –Marci Jefferson, author of Girl on the Gold Coin, Thomas
Dunne Books, 2014
