Napoleon Part 1: The Humble Corsican
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The Great Corsica by Andrew Roberts
Despite the island's appalling poverty, the buonapartes are some of the more fortunate ones. Carlo is educated, a lawyer, and they have two houses, one in the town of ajacio, another in the country. They can even claim some noble blood, hailing from minor florentine aristocracy. But it's all relative. Life on corsica is still incredibly tough. Letitia will bear 13 children in all, only eight of whom will survive under their new french rulers.
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