Napoleon's messages to Josephine

Author's name: Napoleon Bonaparte Publisher: Al-Rafidain Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2020 Literary classification: Literary letters Book overview: Napoleon Bonaparte's letters to his wife Josephine are among the most beautiful love letters in world literature, highlighting the sincere emotions of this distinguished military leader towards the woman he loved at first sight and was deeply attached to, as evidenced by these letters, which we present in full translation into Arabic. Josephine, whose original name was Rose Tashar, was the widow of a general executed during the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution. She survived the guillotine thanks to some influential friends' intervention, only to find herself a widow and mother to a single son, Eugene, and a daughter, Hortense, with a noble title inherited from her husband, the Countess of Bohemas. In late October 1795, this charming and 32-year-old widow met the young general Napoleon Bonaparte, who was not yet 26, at a party held at her palace in honor of the general, whom she wanted to thank for a favor he had done her son. Here, dear reader, you will read correspondences that are not easily repeated, like a rare event that happens once in a lifetime.