Clisson & Eugenie: a Love Story
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In Napoleon Bonaparte''s novella, triumphant soldier Clisson turns his back on worldly success. He falls in love and marries Eugénie, and they live the simple life until Clisson is called back into battle.
The tragic story of Clisson and Eugénie reveals that Napoleon was also an accomplished writer of fiction, and offers a fascinating insight into how he viewed love, women, and military life.
Aged twenty-six, having already known success as a soldier, Napoleon was at a low ebb both professionally and personally when he began Clisson and Eugénie, and there are parallels between his life and their story.
Clisson and Eugénie is a fiction novel by one of history''s great leaders, offering a fascinating insight into how the young Napoleon viewed love, women and military life.
''[A] melancholy tale'' The Guardian
Their eyes met... and they soon knew that their hearts were made for each other. Triumphant on the field of battle, Clisson turns his back on worldly success. He falls in love and marries and Eugénie, but how long will their love survive? Written in an eloquently Romantic style true to its period, the tragic story of Clisson and Eugénie reveals one of history''s great leaders to also be an accomplished writer of fiction.
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