{"product_id":"venus-of-empire","title":"Venus of Empire","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"\u003eCelebrated for her looks, notorious for her passions, immortalized by Antonio Canova's statue and always deeply loyal to her brother, Pauline Bonaparte Borghese is a fascinating figure.  \u003c\/p\u003eAt the turn of the nineteenth century, she was considered by many to be the most beautiful woman in \u003c?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags' \/\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eEurope\u003c\/st1:place\u003e. She shocked the continent with the boldness of her love affairs, her opulent wardrobe and jewels, and, most famously, her decision to pose nearly nude for Canova's sculpture, which has been replicated in countless ways through the years. But just as remarkable as Pauline's private life was her fidelity to the emperor (if not to her husbands). She was witness to Napoleon's great victories in \u003cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003e\u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eItaly\u003c\/st1:place\u003e\u003c\/st1:country-region\u003e, and she was often with him and her rival for his loyalty, the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison. When he was exiled to Elba, Pauline was the only sibling to follow him there, and after \u003cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003eWaterloo\u003c\/st1:city\u003e she begged to be allowed to join him at \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eSaint Helena No biographer has gone so deeply into the sources or so closely examined one of the seminal relationships of the man who shaped modern \u003cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003eEurope\u003c\/st1:place\u003e. In \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eVenus of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFlora Fraser casts new light on the Napoleonic era while crafting a dynamic, vivid portrait of a mesmerizing woman. \u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003ehusband cheated on me \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/blogs.elangovanr.com\/page\/cheat.aspx\"\u003eonline\u003c\/a\u003e My boyfriend cheated on me\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/st1:place\u003e","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44790895673523,"sku":"9780719561115","price":580.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478087049780719561115.jpg?v=1762847931","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/venus-of-empire","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}