1953 Hardcover Book, Desiree, Annemarie Selinko, Novel, Book Club Edition, Fiction, Romance, Literature, Historial Romance
1953 Hardcover Book, Desiree, Annemarie Selinko, Novel, Book Club Edition, Fiction, Romance, Literature, Historial Romance
A hardcover fictional novel by Annemarie Selinko. It is entitled, Desiree. This is a 1953 Book Club Edition and has its dust cover. The book's hardcover is black with gold title on the spine.
Fourteen-year-old Desiree, a merchant’s daughter living at the time of the French Revolution, meets a dashing young military officer, Napoleon Bonaparte. They become engaged and, though they part, the emotional bond between them never completely breaks. This book, first published in the 1950s and made into a movie, combines romance with a look at a colorful period of history.
Annemarie Selinko (1914 – 1986) was an Austrian novelist who wrote a number of best-selling books in German from the 1930s through the 1950s. Although she had been based in Germany, in 1939 at the start of World War II she took refuge in Denmark with her Danish husband, but then in 1943, they again became refugees, this time to Sweden.
Many of her novels have been adapted into movies and all have been translated into numerous languages. Her last work Désirée (1951) was about Désirée Clary, the one-time fiancée of Napoleon Bonaparte and later Queen of Sweden and Norway. It is dedicated to her sister Liselotte, who was murdered by the Nazis. Translated into 25 languages, in 1954 it was turned into a major Hollywood movie starring Marlon Brando and Jean Simmons.
Size:
8½ x 5 ¾ inches
594 pages
Dust Jacket
Hardcover
Published by William Morrow & Company -- 1952 -- Book Club Edition
This book is in Used but in Very Good condition. The book has no rips or tears. The binding is completely intact. The pages are clean. The dust cover is in fair condition with some staining, rips, and tears. A former owners name is on the front flyleaf
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