The biography of Josephine, written by Hector Fleischmann (1882–1914), a Belgian historian and playwright, is a lively and fascinating story, with reference to numerous sources and eyewitness accounts, devoid, however, of the usual complimentary remarks about the empress. Moreover, at times this look is ironic, angry and ruthless in detail. The stronger the impression of Napoleon's letters to Josephine, collected in this book - messages that were bright and passionate at first, friendly and condescending later. 265 letters without cuts or forgeries - magical examples of Napoleon's frantic literature.