Elizabeth Kerri Mahon

Title: Ambitious Madame Bonaparte Author: Ruth Hull Chantilien Publication Date: December 2, 2013 Publisher: Amika Press Paperback: 484 pages ISBN: As a clever girl in stodgy, mercantile Baltimore, Betsy Patterson dreams of a marriage that will transport her to cultured Europe. When she falls in love with and marries Jerome Bonaparte, she believes her dream has come true—until Jerome’s older brother Napoleon becomes an implacable enemy. Based on a true story, The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte is a historical novel that portrays this woman’s tumultuous life. Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, known to history as Betsy Bonaparte, scandalized Washington with her daring French fashions; visited Niagara Falls when it was an unsettled wilderness; survived a shipwreck and run-ins with British and French warships; dined with presidents and danced with dukes; and lived through the 1814 Battle of Baltimore. Yet through it all, Betsy never lost sight of her primary goal—to win ...

Hearts Divided (1936) Warner Bros. Studios Director: Frank Borzage Screenplay by: Laird Doyle & Casey Robinson from the play "Glorious Betsy" by Rida Johnson Young Cast: Marion Davies as Elizabeth Patterson Dick Powell as Captain Jerome Bonaparte Charles Ruggles as Senator Henry Ruggles Claude Rains as Napoleon Bonaparte Edward Everett Horton as Senator John Hathaway Arthur Treacher as Sir Harry Henry Stephenson as Charles Patterson Clara Blandick as Aunt Ellen Patterson John Larkin as Isham Walter Kingsford as Monsieur Pichon Etienne Girardot as Monsieur Du Fresne Halliwell Hobbes as Cambaceres George Irving as President Thomas Jefferson Beulah Bondi as Madame Letizia Bonaparte Synopsis:  Napoleon (Claude Rains) needs money in order to continue his quest for world domination in Europe so he wants 20 million dollars for the Louisiana Territory in the United States. To help the negotiations, he sends his brother, Jerome (Dick Powell), to the U.S. on a...