From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, the brilliant life of Napoleon's favorite sister, with color photos, paintings, and illustrations. Considered by many in

Even though there were relatively few people of color in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women in particular appeared repeatedly

Examines how “Indianness” has propagated U.S. conceptions of empire

'Fraser cleverly contrasts Pauline's callous offloading of successive lovers ... The success of a biography of an un-improving subject like this is whether or n