Book of the Week - Venus of Empire - The Life of Pauline Bonaparte - Episode 2

Diana Quick reads from Flora Fraser's biography of Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon's favourite sister. At Napoleon's request, Pauline and her young son accompany her husband Leclerc on the military campaign to the sugar colony of Saint-Domingue. It is here that rumours of her infidelity begin and tragedy is not far away. A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.