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THE GAME OF HOPE
From the author of the internationally bestselling, critically acclaimed Josephine Bonaparte trilogy which has sold over one million copies in seventeen languages comes a mesmerizing young adult novel about Hortense, daughter of Josephine and stepdaughter of Napoleon.
For the step-daughter of Napoleon, nothing is simple especially love.
After experiencing the harrowing years of the French Revolution, sixteen-year-old Hortense is grateful for the peaceful shelter of the boarding school where she and her fellow students, daughters of aristocrats, are known simply as citoyen. Her father, Eugene de Beauharnais, has been guillotined; her mother, Josephine, is now remarried to General Napoleon Bonaparte. Hortense considers Napoleon boorish and crude, unworthy of her beautiful, charming mother.
At the school, Hortense's talent for music is nurtured by the headmistress, who believes strongly in educating girls. Hortense immerses herself in her studies and dreams of a future with handsome Christophe, a valued member of Napoleon's staff. But her new circumstances as the stepdaughter of the most powerful man in France may throw all her plans into disarray. As a pawn in Napoleon's quest for power, her future will not be hers to decide.
In her riveting young adult debut, Sandra Gulland brings the story of one of history's footnotes to vivid life, offering a fascinating glimpse into teenage life in tumultuous eighteenth century France.
SANDRA GULLAND is the author of the internationally bestselling Josephine B. trilogy: The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.; Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe; and The Last Great Dance on Earth. She is also the author of Mistress of the Sun and The Shadow Queen. She lives in Killaloe, Ontario, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
After experiencing the harrowing years of the French Revolution, sixteen-year-old Hortense is grateful for the peaceful shelter of the boarding school where she and her fellow students, daughters of aristocrats, are known simply as citoyen. Her father, Eugene de Beauharnais, has been guillotined; her mother, Josephine, is now remarried to General Napoleon Bonaparte. Hortense considers Napoleon boorish and crude, unworthy of her beautiful, charming mother.
At the school, Hortense's talent for music is nurtured by the headmistress, who believes strongly in educating girls. Hortense immerses herself in her studies and dreams of a future with handsome Christophe, a valued member of Napoleon's staff. But her new circumstances as the stepdaughter of the most powerful man in France may throw all her plans into disarray. As a pawn in Napoleon's quest for power, her future will not be hers to decide.
In her riveting young adult debut, Sandra Gulland brings the story of one of history's footnotes to vivid life, offering a fascinating glimpse into teenage life in tumultuous eighteenth century France.
SANDRA GULLAND is the author of the internationally bestselling Josephine B. trilogy: The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.; Tales of Passion, Tales of Woe; and The Last Great Dance on Earth. She is also the author of Mistress of the Sun and The Shadow Queen. She lives in Killaloe, Ontario, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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Published 2018-06-26 by Penguin Teen Canada |