Episode 2
At Napoleon's request, Pauline and her young son accompany her husband Leclerc on the military campaign to the sugar colony of Saint-Domingue.
Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister.
At Napoleon's request, Pauline and her young son accompany her husband Leclerc on the military campaign to the sugar colony of Saint-Domingue. It is here that rumours of her infidelity begin and tragedy is not far away.
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- Tue 16 Jun 200909:45BBC Radio 4 FM
- Wed 17 Jun 200900:30BBC Radio 4
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