Well-known to a degree, and in particular circles, mostly those that prefer a heavy dose of Romance to dilute the effect of all that history.

Webb is the author of the infamous "Becoming Josephine," with much talk of black satin sheets in the Tuileries, lacy underwear, and the landmark "Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce the First Consul Bonaparte and Madame Consulesse Bonaparte."

A couple of others are just as bad; imagine the romanticizing of Patsy Jefferson and Eliza Schuyler Hamilton.