- Title:
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The Empress
- Written by:
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Laura Martinez-Belli
- Read by:
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Yareli Arizmendi
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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11
- Duration:
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13 hours 51 minutes
- Published:
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April 01 2021
- Available Date:
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April 01 2021
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781713598824
- Genres:
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Fiction; Biographical Fiction; Historical; Romance
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Brilliance audio
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The Empress passionately reimagines the tragic romance and ill-fated reign of the most unforgettable royal couple of 19-century Europe during the last throes of the Second Empire.
PASSION CAN BE POISON.
It’s 1863. Napoleon III has installed a foreign monarch in Mexico to squash the current regime. Maximilian von Habsburg of Austria accepts the emperor’s crown. But it is his wife, the brilliant and ambitious Princess Charlotte, who throws herself passionately into the role. Known to the people as Empress Carlota, she rules deftly from behind the scenes while her husband contents himself with philandering and decorating the palace.
But Carlota bears a guilty secret. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she’s thrown herself into a reckless affair. Desire has blinded Carlota to its consequences, for it has left her vulnerable to her sole trusted confidante. Carlota’s devious lady-in-waiting has political beliefs of her own and they are strong enough to cause her to betray the empress and join a plot to depose her from the throne. As Carlota grows increasingly, maddeningly defenceless, both her own fate and that of the empire are at stake.