I’m thrilled with the present book by Lavalette. All I knew about Lavalette was:
1. He never betrayed Napoleon.
2. Hortense’s cousin did not want to marry him but over time, Emilie de Beauharnais came to appreciate him.
The weird thing is that Émilie wanted to marry Louis Bonaparte and Hortense ended up in a marriage with Louis - which turned into a disaster.
Here below are definitions that will help make these memoirs easier to follow.
