Betsy Bonaparte: The Belle of Baltimore

 
From the publishers:
Betsy Bonaparte: The Belle of Baltimore is the story of Elisabeth Patterson, born in Baltimore and her love affair with the French emperor's younger brother, Jérôme Bonaparte. He was a navy officer, stationed in Martinique, who disobeyed orders, abandoned his post, and ran off to America to meet and marry Betsy. Mme. Bourguignon-Frasseto recounts, in her book, French culture, the Bonaparte family, as well as international personalities such as Wellington, Lafayette, Chateaubriand, Victor Hugo, and Samuel Chase.