Told in separate voices, teenaged Eliza Monroe, the daughter of a future United States President, Hortense de Beauharnais and Caroline Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon I, and Madeleine, daughter of an actress, come together at L'Acad?mie Nationale ? St. Germain in the turmoil of 1799 France.
year: 2012
call number/section: 1000
subjects: monroe, james, 1758-1831, family, fiction, napoleon, i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821, interpersonal relations, fiction, boarding schools, school stories, aristocracy, historical fiction, paris (france), history, fiction, france, 1789-1799, revolution, 1799-1815