by Annemarie Selinko · Emecé. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788478881420
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Désirée is a historical novel written by Annemarie Selinko, published in 1994. The story narrates the life of Désirée Clary, who was engaged to Napoleon Bonaparte and later became Queen of Sweden. The novel explores the historical events and personal relationships of the time, offering a fascinating view of the life of a woman in the context of Napoleonic Europe.
Annemarie Selinko was an Austrian novelist who wrote a number of best-selling books in German from the 1930s through the 1950s. Although she had been based in Germany, in 1939 at the start of World War II she took refuge in Denmark with her Danish husband, but then in 1943, they again became refugees, this time to Sweden.
