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Alluring, wealthy, and married to the conqueror of Europe, Josephine appeared in 1804 as the most favored woman in France, but her actual life was far darker. Erickson brings the complex, charming, ever resilient Josephine to life.

Alluring, wealthy, and married to the conqueror of Europe, Josephine appeared in 1804 as the most favored woman in France, but her actual life was far darker. Erickson brings the complex, charming, ever resilient Josephine to life.

The bestselling author of "The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette" and "The Last Wife of Henry VIII" returns with an enchanting novel about one of the most seductive women in history--Josephine Bonaparte, first wife of Napoleon.

From the bestselling author of "The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette" comes adramatic novel and love story about the last Russian Imperial family.

A "vivid" (Kirkus Reviews) and multilayered biography of Queen Victoria chronicling the life of the longest-reigning British monarch who ruled for sixty-four years, offering an intimate portrait of a woman who after losing her beloved husband went on to fulfill her duties as mother, grandmother, and queen of England.

This enthralling look at the life of Alexandra is the perfect complement to Edvard Radzinsky's bestselling "The Last Tsar." "Heartbreaking . . . Erickson excels."--"Chicago Tribune." 8-page photo insert.

One of America's foremost writers of literary nonfiction brings us one of history's most misunderstood figures, Marie Antoinette. "An extraordinary life . . . Ms. Erickson gives us a likable, empathetic woman and broadens our understanding of her".--The New York Times Book Review.

As Maureen Quilligan wrote in the "New York Times Book Review" of "The First Elizabeth, " Anne Boleyn "was a real victim of the sexual scandals her brilliant daughter escaped, and a subject Ms. Erickson's sensitivity to sexual and political nuance should well serve." Indeed, Carolly Erickson could have chosen no more fascinating and appropriate a subject. Alluring and profoundly enigmatic, Anne Boleyn has eluded the grasp of historians for cen...

Josephine Bonaparte's life story was as turbulent as the age--an era of revolution and social upheaval, of the guillotine and of frenzied hedonism. With telling psychological depth and compelling literary grace, Erickson brings the complex, charming, ever resilient Josephine to life in this memorable portrait. 8-page color photo insert.

Acclaim for Carolly Erickson " Carolly Erickson is one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers writing in English." – The Times Literary Supplement The First Elizabeth " Even more readable and absorbing than the justly praised works of Tuchman and Fraser. A vivid and eminently readable portrait of history’ s favorite Tudor." – The New York Times Book Review " A masterpiece of narrative, a story so absorbing it is as hard...

In this biography, Carolly Erickson brings Elizabeth I to life and allows us to see her as a living, breathing, elegant, flirtatious, diplomatic, violent, arrogant, and outrageous woman who commands our attention, fascination, and awe. With the special skill for which she is acclaimed, Carolly Erickson electrifies the senses as she evokes with total fidelity the brilliant colors of Elizabethan clothing and jewelry, the texture of tapestries, a...