Napoleon's Love Child. A Biography of Count Leon by Dennis Walton Dodds - 1974

Kimber, 1974. Hardcover. Good.

William Kimber, 1974. 270 pp, dustjacket with long tears and some loss.. B + w photographs. Flyleaf removed, otherwise internally clean and VG. The fascinating biography of Napoleon's love child.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Poor.

London: William Kimber. 1st ed. 270pp. Signed by the author to ffep without dedication. VG book in good slightly edgeworn jacket, now preserved in mylar jacket protector . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1974.

London: William Kimber, 1974. Hardcover. Minor shelfwear at points on unclipped jacket, now protected in removable plastic. Content is clear on clean, sound pages. TS. Hardcover. Very Good. Used.

London England: William Kimber, 1974. Hardback. First Edition. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Wear and tear to D/J. Foreword by Count Gaston Leon of Le Raincy. 'I have a son', Napoleon is reputed to have shouted triumphantly when vrough the news of the birth to Eleonore Denuelle, his mistress, of the boy who was to become Count Leon. The importance of his birth was immense, for it proved to Napoleon that he was capable of fathering children, and paved the way to his divorcing the Empress Josephine and marrying Marie Louise. But this importance was short-lived. Thrust into the background, poorly provided for during Napoleon's exile and after his death. Count Leon had to live by his wits, and to try and win recognition from the Bonapartes against their cold-shouldering. Soon he was the centre of scandals in London and Paris. He suffered from the fluctuating fortunes of the Bonapartes, while receiving little attention, or money, from them. With enthusiasm he threw himself into prohects… Read More