Josephine Portrait

Their love was legendary, their ambition flagrant and unashamed. Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, came to power during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of France. The story of the Corsican soldier’s incredible rise has been well documented. Now, in this spellbinding, luminous account, Kate Williams draws back the curtain on the woman who beguiled him: her humble origins, her exorbitant appetites, and the tragic turn of events that led to her undoing.

The Daughter of Time is an ingeniously plotted, beautifully written, and suspenseful tale, a supreme achievement from one of mystery writing’s most gifted masters.

2 octobre 1925, sur la scène du théâtre des Champs-Élysées, le public, venu en nombre, découvre Joséphine Baker dans La Revue nègre. Elle a 19 ans, c'est un triomphe. Elle danse le charleston, vêtue de sa seule peau brune, portant sa nudité comme une panthère noire sa fourrure.