Two outsiders, a Corsican and a Martinique 'Creole', find in each other a rock in tempestuous times. Despite lovers, totally opposite personalities and a passion that ebbed and flowed, they came to recognise each other as soul mates, divorced by need of an heir and separated by reason of exile and Josephine's unexpected death. The inevitable mingling of the political with the personal and the evolution of a remarkable relationship makes for a fascinating read.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 41 August 2007 ) |
