This is a portrait of the Emperor Napoleon's second marriage which provides an account of its political, diplomatic and military implications for France and the newly instituted Austrian Empire as well as the personal and domestic nature of the relationship. Born in 1791 in Vienna, Marie-Louise was the daughter of the last holy Roman Emperor. She grew up under the threat of invasion and by the time Napoleon's army entered Vienna in 1805 she was a refugee in Hungary. Marriage between her and the Emperor was a matter of diplomatic expediency. The book follows what happened, examining these and subsequent events.
- ISBN10 0094798605
- ISBN13 9780094798601
- Publish Date 25 January 2001 (first published 12 December 2000)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 21 December 2004
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Constable
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English