 | The Man Who Had Been King: The American Exile of Napoleon''s Brother Joseph Subjects: Joseph Bonaparte King of Spain 1768–1844 -- Exile -- United States; Spain -- Kings and rulers -- Biography; Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769–1821 -- Family; In The Man Who Had Been King , Patricia Tyson Stroud provides a rich account of the life of Napoleon's brother Joseph Bonaparte in the United States, detailing how his palatial estate, gardens, and art collection made him a key figure in the importation of European taste to America. Patricia Tyson Stroud is an independent scholar who lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and East Blue Hill, Maine. She is the author of The Emperor of Nature: Charles-Lucien Bonaparte and His World, which won the Athenaeum of Philadelphia Literary Award, and Thomas Say: New World Naturalist, both published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. She is a fellow of the International Napoleonic Society. |
