Storyline

In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes 

infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste 

Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the 

Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries 

Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse 

when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.