Review of Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte, by Kate Williams in the New York Times, 5 December 2014, online edition:
“…This year marks the bicentennial of the death of Josephine Bonaparte, but Napoleon's empress has been having a moment for some time now. In the past two decades, she has starred in at least 20 new biographies, six museum exhibitions and six novels. Three editions of her correspondence have also appeared during this time, as have many more studies (of Napoleon and other Bonapartes) in which she features…”