Josephine's Influence on the great Napoleon

A young woman by the name of Josephine Rose-Marie Tascher arrived in France from the tropical island of Martinique in the midst of the greatest political and social up heaving. With her innate grace and charm she secured herself a position of prominence that enabled her to capture the affection of Napoleon Bonaparte an up and coming French artillery officer from Island of Creole (www.geocities.com/Paris/Parc.html). This was the beginning of …

…ons that Lucien believe Josephine partly responsible for the growth of tyranny in Napoleon. 3 Napoleon's politically advisers and his family urged Napoleon to divorce Josephine because she was unable to produce an heir for him. He did not want to because of his deep love and emotional ties to her. Yet in the end he forced to divorce the love of his life and marry a young Austrian who he eventually had a child with.