I: La Bonaparte

In Which Peace Seems An Impossible Dream

In Which We Have Reason To Fear

In Which I Try (But Fail) To Accept

In Which We Are Very Nearly Killed

In Which My Daughter Is Impossible To Please

In Which My Daughter Finally Marries

In Which We Are All Of Us Blessed

In Which I Have Suspicions

In Which Bonaparte Is Deceived

In Which Once Again We Have Reason To Fear

In Which A Prophecy Is Fulfilled

II: The Good Empress

In Which We Become A "Court"

In Which I Am Offered A Crown

In Which I Am Crowned

In Which Bonaparte Honours My Son

In Which My Son Falls Truly In Love

In Which We Are Devastated

In Which We Must Be Gay

In Which I Am Betrayed

In Which We Return To The Camp Of The Enemy

In Which We Must Part

III: The Other One

In Which A King Is Born

In Which All Is For Naught

In Which We Are Defeated

In Which I Entertain The Enemy

In Which My Heart Is With My Husband

Postscript

Epilogue

Chronology

Characters

Selected Bibliography

Note

Acknowledgements

A Scribner Paperback Fiction Reading Group Guide