Betsy Bonaparte: The Belle of Baltimore

By Claude Bourguignon-Frasseto and Claude Bourguignon-Frassetto

Baltimore's high-spirited, independent and controversial Betsy Patterson married Napoleon's brother Jerome in 1803, bore a son, and defied the angry Emperor. Originally published in France in 1988, this lively biography takes the reader into the intrigues in France and early 19th-century Baltimore.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0938420828
• ISBN13: 9780938420828
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Maryland Center for History and Culture
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.8"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Intriguing history

Highly interesting take on the times (Federal period Baltimore). Enlightens the connections between the Bonepartes and American society & politics. Good companion reading to other women's history of the time.