Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi, Napoleon’s Capable Sister
Shannon Selin
"Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi was not as well-known as her sisters, beautiful Pauline and treasonous Caroline, but she was more capable than either of them. In fact, she was the Bonaparte sibling most like Napoleon, although she had the least influence over him. Napoleon himself said, 'Elisa has the courage of an Amazon; and like me, she cannot bear to be ruled.'..."