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    The Game of Hope: For the stepdaughter of Napoleon, nothing is simple--especially love
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    The Game of Hope: For the stepdaughter of Napoleon, nothing is simple--especially love
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    The Game of Hope: For the stepdaughter of Napoleon, nothing is simple--especially love

    Written by Sandra Gulland

    Narrated by Janick Hebert

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    For Napoleon's stepdaughter, nothing is simple -- especially love.

    Paris, 1798. Hortense de Beauharnais is engrossed in her studies at a boarding school for aristocratic girls, most of whom suffered tragic losses during the tumultuous days of the French Revolution. She loves to play and compose music, read and paint, and daydream about Christophe, her brother's dashing fellow officer. But Hortense is not an ordinary girl. Her beautiful, charming mother Josephine has married Napoleon Bonaparte, soon to become the most powerful man in France, but viewed by Hortense as a coarse, unworthy successor to her elegant father, who was guillotined during the Terror.
    Where will Hortense's future lie?
    Inspired by Hortense's real-life autobiography with charming glimpses of teen life long ago, this is the story of a girl chosen by fate to play a role she didn't choose.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2018
    ISBN9780735265141
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    The Game of Hope: For the stepdaughter of Napoleon, nothing is simple--especially love
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    Sandra Gulland

    Sandra Gulland is the author of the Josephine Bonaparte series, Mistress of the Sun, and The Shadow Queen. She lives in Killaloe, Ontario and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

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