The Amazing Mrs. Bonaparte: a Novel Based on the Life of Betsy Patterson

by Harnett T. Kane

Based on the life of Betsy Patterson

The relationship and marriage of Betsy Patterson Bonaparte, a Baltimore beauty, and Napoleon's youngest brother, Jerome Bonaparte, their turbulent courtship, their marriage, and the eventual heartbreak that tore them apart.

First published January 1, 1963

About the author

Harnett Thomas Kane was a journalist and author of books about the American South. A 1931 graduate of Tulane University, he was a longtime reporters for the New Orleans Item, and he wrote travel articles and book reviews for a variety of publications.

Reviews

[Yve Stone-chase]

no one today knows anything about this, yet it was a scandal and all over the papers in her time

[Alice from Dallas]

Nothing wrong with this, but nothing really right, either. It just couldn’t hold my interest.

[Janet Wilcox]

Story of Betsy, wife of Jerome, Napoleon's brother.