What are Williams’s arguments? Did she do a good job of proving it? What resonated with you, what did not? Who is she? Is she credible? Did she show Josephine to be an “alluring and complex women?

Book report is on Ambition and Desire: The Dangerous Life of Josephine Bonaparte

Each student will be required to write a 4 page book review on Ambition and Desire. It will be double-spaced, regular 12 font, with regular margins. The book review allows the student to express in clear, concise language their knowledge and comprehension of historical situations.

In the Book Review section, there will be a few links and a general outline of what you need to accomplish when writing. This is not a book report, meaning do not tell me what the book is about. The student should pick a theme, argument, compare or contrast events, etc. and write about that. But I want the student to understand that this is a general outline because ultimately the book review is open-ended in that you decide what, why, or who you are writing on

Note: A good way of looking at your review is you are writing on how you view the book. The lens through which you think about themes, characters, etc. This is what makes every review different, in that everyone reads every book different. Let me know if/when you have any questions.

An Example of a topic could be: Authors usually tell the readers why they wrote the book. What are Williams’s arguments? Did she do a good job of proving it? What resonated with you, what did not? Who is she? Is she credible? Did she show Josephine to be an “alluring and complex women?” Etc.