Napoleon, the Empress and the artist : the story of Napoleon, Josephine's garden at Malmaison, Redouté & the Australian plants / Jill, Duchess of Hamilton ; preface by Bernard Chevallier ; foreword by Bernard Smith ; edited by Anne Savage
Published
East Roseville, N.S.W. : Kangaroo Press, an imprint of Simon and Schuster Australia, 1999
Ch. 1. The early French connection with Australia -- Ch. 2. Redouté's early Australian connection -- Ch. 3. Rousseau's influence -- Ch. 4. Josephine - the early years -- Ch. 5. Napoleon's early life -- Ch. 6. Napoleon, La Pérouse and Australia -- Ch. 7. La Pérouse, Botany Bay and Labillardiè̀re -- Ch. 8. Confrontation in Corsica -- Ch. 9. Marriage, violets and Italy -- Ch. 10. Victories -- Ch. 11. The Egyptian Campaign -- Ch. 12. The purchase of Malmaison -- Ch. 13. Josephine and Napoleon at Malmaison --
Ch. 14. The English garden comes to France -- Ch. 15. The botanists join the gardeners -- Ch. 16. Redouté at Malmaison -- Ch. 17. The Baudin Expedition to Australia -- Ch. 18. The peace of Amiens -- Ch. 19. The coronation and Napoleon's bees -- Ch. 20. Painter to Josephine, Empress of the French -- Ch. 21. The divorce -- Ch. 22. The death of Josephine -- Ch. 23. Violets and willow trees -- Chronololgy of events -- Appendix. Pierre Joseph Redouté's illustrations of Australian flora
