'The most fascinating historical novel since GONE WITH THE WIND' BOSTON POST DESIREE was a huge bestseller with over twenty million copies sold In 1956 it was turned into a film starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons One of seven classic historical novels to be published by Phoenix Press
Annemarie Selinko was born in Vienna in 1914. She was a successful journalist and novelist. In 1938 she moved to Copenhagen, and subsequently lived in Stockholm, Paris and London, before returning to Copenhagen. Annemarie Selinko died in Copenhagen in 1986.
The most fascinating historical novel since Gone With the Wind
*Boston Post*
An epic love story ... irresistible reading
*Chicago Tribune*
An astonishing story told with verve, and a swift, fluent and
deeply feminine charm. The Napoleonic background is vivid and
accurate
*Evening Standard*
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