It seems, however, that despite the legend, the supposed great love story between Napoleon and Josephine was always more propaganda than reality.
Just like the passionate letters he had sent her from Italy, where he went on his first major campaign, after marrying her, full of love and eroticism. Three words that contributed to mythologize the relationship of the little general with his wife of 13 years.
“France, the Army, Josephine.” These were, supposedly, the last words of Napoleon Bonaparte when he died on the island of Saint Helena, one of the most isolated territories in the world, to which he had been exiled after his defeat and defenestration as Emperor of France.
