Dreams of Empire

By Jeanne Mackin

Book Overview

Hoping to forget her philandering husband, artist Marguerite Verdier joins the scholar team that is accompanying the conqueror Napoleon on his 1799 journey to Cairo, where she helps to locate a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575661330
• ISBN13: 9781575661339
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: Kensington Pub Corp
• Weight: 5.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.5" x 4.5"

Customer Reviews

Beautifully imagined story

The author's prose is lyrical, the story fast-paced. I read this a few years ago in hardback. I'm surprised it hasn't received more accolades. I was only disappointed when Napoleon disappears too early in the novel.