At first I was a little bored with the book, but then I really started to get into it. I mistakenly thought that it was about Napoleon's wife, but once I realized it was just about a friend to him (and romantic interest at one time), I was able to relax and just enjoy the book since I wasn't worried about when the two would get married. The thing about this book is that it was truly a time period piece, especially regarding the roles of women. So many times we will read books with women who would just as easily live in today's world rather than in the 1700's. In Queen's Fortune, the women were shown to be just what the time period expected them to be- "dutiful wives" who are meant to live for their husbands. While I'm not saying I agree with this, I think it's important to see the true world back then. So while the main character was shown to be a good friend and good wife, it also showed that there weren't too many independent choices that she could make back then, including when it dealt with the love/hate relationship between Napoleon and her husband as 1st general to Napoleon. She did have a few moves of her own, but for the most part, this novel revealed the narcissisms of Napoleon and the people who would give everything to be in his inner circle.
4/5 stars
At first I was a little bored with the book, but then I really started to get into it. I mistakenly thought that it was about Napoleon's wife, but once I realized it was just about a friend to him (and romantic interest at one time), I was able to relax and just enjoy the book since I wasn't worried about when the two would get married. The thing about this book is that it was truly a time period piece, especially regarding the roles of women. So many times we will read books with women who would just as easily live in today's world rather than in the 1700's. In Queen's Fortune, the women were shown to be just what the time period expected them to be- "dutiful wives" who are meant to live for their husbands. While I'm not saying I agree with this, I think it's important to see the true world back then. So while the main character was shown to be a good friend and good wife, it also showed that there weren't too many independent choices that she could make back then, including when it dealt with the love/hate relationship between Napoleon and her husband as 1st general to Napoleon. She did have a few moves of her own, but for the most part, this novel revealed the narcissisms of Napoleon and the people who would give everything to be in his inner circle.
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December 2023
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