Josephine: A Life of the Empress - Hardcover

Praise for the works of Carolly Erickson

"[She is] one of the most accomplished and successful historical biographers writing in English." --London Times Literary Supplement on Mistress Anne

"She sets the background with skill and confidence, and the woman she portrays against it is a solid and convincing figure." --New York Times Book Review on Mistress Anne

"Carolly Erickson is a most admirable biographer; and this book is highly enjoyable as well as being reliable and acute, indeed, it is popular historical biography at its best." --Christopher Hibbert, London Times, on Mistress Anne

"A book of considerable literary distinction." --Washington Post Book World on Bloody Mary

"This is a masterful performance in biography against all the portraits in film, fiction, and popular history." --Los Angeles Times on Bloody Mary

"Erickson has brought sophistication and richness in a large biography that may become the counterpart to Francis Hackett's standard HenryVIII." --Kirkus Reviews on Great Harry

"Erickson does an extraordinary job in dramatizing [the] period...the spirit of the age." --Los Angeles Times on Great Harry

"I have never enjoyed a historical biography more." --Elizabeth Longford on The First Elizabeth

"A masterpiece of narrative, a story so absorbing that it is as hard to put down as a fine novel." --Edmund M. White, Los Angeles Times Book Review, on The First Elizabeth

"Erickson's fluid, captivating portrait reads like a first-rate historical novel." --Booklist on Great Catherine