And the divorced woman with two children was going to protect him from the persecution of the new regime. The poor officer hoped to improve the financial situation (as it turned out later) and enter certain political circles. They married not without mutual calculation. Their romance often seems to be a model of pure and disinterested love, but in fact their relations were extremely complicated.
Many know that between Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine de Beauharnais, very strong and vivid feelings burned.