Napoleon & Love

We know about Napoleon and Josephine. But what about Napoleon and Desirée, Pauline, Georgina, Eléonore, and the two Maries? Seen on PBS and A&E, starring Oscar® nominee Ian Holm (The Lord of the Rings), this British costume drama skips the battlefi elds and spotlights the many amours of the French emperor. With Peter Bowles (The Irish R.M.), Billie Whitelaw, and Tim Curry.

Disc 1

Episode 1: Rose
Marseilles, 1795. Broke and unemployed, Napoleon seeks the hand of Desirée, a relative of his sister-in-law, who possesses a substantial dowry. When her parents reject him, he leaves for Paris, where he secures an important position and meets Josephine.

Episode 2: Josephine
While Napoleon wages a brilliant campaign in Italy, Josephine conducts an affair with a handsome captain in Paris. When Napoleon demands that she join him in Milan, she replies that she cant travel, but Napoleons passion for her grows greater each day.

Episode 3: Pauline
Campaigning in Egypt, Napoleon hears of Josephines infidelity. Heartbroken, he embarks on an affair of his own with Pauline, the wife of a French lieutenant, and promises to marry her after divorcing Josephine.

Disc 2

Episode 4: Georgina
Now first consul of France and on the brink of becoming emperor, Napoleon takes a series of mistresses. The greatest threat to Josephine is an ambitious young actress, Mademoiselle George, whom Napoleon calls Georgina.

Episode 5: Eléonore
Napoleon is the emperor of France but still has no heir. Is he infertile, or is Josephine too old? Napoleons sister Caroline arranges a new mistress for him, Eléonore, who soon becomes pregnant. But is the child really his?

Episode 6: Marie Walewska
The Emperor frees Warsaw from the Russians and falls in love with Marie Walewska, who spurns his advances until Polish patriots convince her otherwise. If she becomes Napoleons mistress, perhaps she can curry favor for Poland.

Disc 3

Episode 7: Maria-Luisa
Napoleon needs a son and knows that Josephine can never give him one. Josephines final desperate ployspreading rumors of Napoleons impotencefails. Napoleon divorces her and demands the hand of the Austrian emperors daughter.

Episode 8: Louise
Napoleon weds the Archduchess Marie-Louise of Austria, a young woman with large sexual appetites. Before long, she is pregnant. Following a difficult labor, she delivers a son and immediately wants another, but Napoleon has world domination on his mind.

Episode 9: The End of Love
When Napoleons Russian expedition fails, he is forced to abdicate and retreat to Elba. Josephine takes ill and remains faithful to the end. Napoleon returns to France in triumph, but soon faces Waterloo and his ultimate destiny.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 24 Februari, 2011