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The British Bonapartes - Napoleon's Family in Britain (Hardcover): Edward Hilary Davis The British Bonapartes - Napoleon's Family in Britain (Hardcover)
Edward Hilary Davis
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A hitherto unexamined history presented in a new way of the wider Bonaparte family shedding new light on their eventful lives in Britain. From duels on Wimbledon Common and suicides in Hyde Park, to public lynchings in Shropshire and the sexual adventures of a princess who rescued Freud from the Nazis and brought him to Britain, this book will expose the curious events surrounding the family's exploits in England, Scotland, and Ireland. Originally an island family themselves, the Bonapartes have had a surprisingly good relationship with the British Isles. In just two generations, the Bonapartes went from being Britain's worst enemy, to Queen Victoria's closest friends. Far from another mere history of Napoleon Bonaparte, this book is divided into different branches of the Bonaparte family, detailing - in an anecdotal and amusing way - their rather scandalous lives in Britain. For example, few will know that Napoleon III was once a volunteer constable in the Westminster Constabulary and arrested a drunk woman; or that Princess Marie Bonaparte paid for Prince Philip's education as well as conducted her own research into the clitoris in her quest to achieve an orgasm; or that Napoleon IV fought for the British army and was killed by the Zulus; or that one Bonaparte was even made a High Sheriff in a British town. The current head of the family is a London banker. They are known to most as the enemies of Britain, but the truth is quite the opposite, and far more entertaining.

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