The Wife Of The First Consul
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The Wife Of The First Consul
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Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1890
The Wife Of The First Consul written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1890 with categories.
The Wife Of The First Consul
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Author : Imbert de Saint-Amand
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1899
The Wife Of The First Consul written by Imbert de Saint-Amand and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1899 with France categories.
The Wife Of The First Consul Classic Reprint
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Author : Imbert De Saint-Amand
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-12-10
The Wife Of The First Consul Classic Reprint written by Imbert De Saint-Amand and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Excerpt from The Wife of the First Consul Hortense de Beauharnais, a bright and merry girl, running, swift as Atalanta, in the garden; or in the theatre at the end of the gallery, playing Rosina in the Barber of Seville like a consummate actress. I am back in the consular court, which is still repub lican, full of charm, of vivacity, rich in youth, glory, and hope, with but little dread of the catastrophes hid in the dark future. Nine years pass, and what a change! Poor Jose phine, broken with grief, enters once more the house where not long before she had arrived in joy. Her dark presentiments have been realized. The woman to whom the conqueror of Italy used to write burn ing love-letters is now disgraced, disowned, and driven forever from the Tuileries. She has just drunk to the dregs the chalice of the bitterness of divorce which she had prayed to be spared. It is a cold, wet December night; the withered leaves lie about like dead illusions; the wind wails, and nature moans. The abode of happiness is become a Calvary. What a night the wretched woman passes in the room which she used to occupy with Napoleon! And when she wakes in the morning, what a sad eye she turns towards the trees which once shaded so much happi ness! In the course of the day Napoleon-comes to pay an icy visit to his divorced wife; he walks for a few moments with her in the park and leaves her without a kiss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Wife Of The 1st Consul
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Author : Thomas Sergeant 1845-1928 Perry
language : en
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Release Date : 2016-08-29
Wife Of The 1st Consul written by Thomas Sergeant 1845-1928 Perry and has been published by Wentworth Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-29 with History categories.
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The Wife Of The First Consul Translated By T S Perry Second Edition
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Author : Arthur Léon Baron IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
The Wife Of The First Consul Translated By T S Perry Second Edition written by Arthur Léon Baron IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with categories.
The Wife Of The First Consul
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Author : Arthur L?on Imbert de Saint-Amand
language : en
Publisher: Рипол Классик
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The Wife Of The First Consul written by Arthur L?on Imbert de Saint-Amand and has been published by Рипол Классик this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Historical And Secret Memoirs Of The Empress Josephine First Wife Of Napoleon Bonaparte
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Author : Marie-Anne Adélaïde Lenormand
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
Historical And Secret Memoirs Of The Empress Josephine First Wife Of Napoleon Bonaparte written by Marie-Anne Adélaïde Lenormand and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ... hope of it. Why sound the alarm?--why sow the seeds of distrust and excite animosities? Is it a sure method of preserving peace, to abdicate the modest title of consul, and immediately assume one more pompous? Is it, moreover, consistent and prudent, while you are setting 'forth the causes of war, to labour to show that all power is now lodged in the hands of the conqueror of Marengo? that he is ready to. aggravate his provocations towards Germany, by seeking to demonstrate to her that all the strength will henceforth be on one side, and all the weakness on the other and that she will probably find herself without resources to sustain the conflict? Hear me further; You well know that true valour detests butchery as much as it loves glory;--does an enemy yield? She ceases to strike;--she covets not blood, but honour, and even her enemy becomes dear to her if victory has cost her a great effort."- He replied with ill-humour--for I began to embarrass him: --"As against the passions," said he, " what is mere gallantry without courage? It is their slave; courage is their master." This conversation was without any result. I saw quickly that it was against his views, and particularly when I spoke in favour of the French princes. Their return had become the more difficult that he was in possession of their throne. To excuse himself in a manner to those who could not reconcile the idea of his virtues with his enterprising character, he said, After the battle of Marengo was gained (it is known to whom it belonged), the First Consul, leaving his suite by themselves, went into one of those small houses which are built among the vines for the purpose of protecting them. He strode rapidly lengthwise and across the room, which was neither long...
Josephine
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Author : John S. C. Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Blurb
Release Date : 2019-05-22
Josephine written by John S. C. Abbott and has been published by Blurb this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-22 with History categories.
"Know the woman, and you will know the man" is a proverb oft-repeated, and nowhere is it proved truer than in this highly insightful biography of Josephine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), first wife of Napoleon Bonaparte and famous in her own right. With his usual masterful flair, John S. C. Abbott provides the reader with a detailed description of Josephine's dramatic life: her birth into a wealthy French colonial family on the island of Martinique, her first marriage into the noble de Beauharnais family-and of her first spouse's execution during the Reign of Terror which accompanied the French Revolution. Josephine herself was only spared the guillotine after the overthrow of Robespierre, and a day before her own scheduled execution. She met Napoleon in 1795, and although six years his senior, soon became his lover. Within two years they were married, and her rise in society accompanied that of her husband. Starting as wife of the First Consul of France, her fame and beauty became even more widespread when, in 1804, she was proclaimed Empress of France by Napoleon at a grand ceremony in the Notre Dame Cathedral. This book does not however concentrate on her husband's exploits, but instead focuses on aspects of Josephine's life, activities, and interactions with the public which led her to become one of France's most loved figures. Included are revelations about her influence over her husband-which extended to matters of state-and also their domestic arrangements, which became strained over time with Napoleon's increasingly wide-ranging military adventures. Finally, the book provides the details of Napoleon's decision to divorce Josephine to marry the daughter of the Austrian emperor-driven by the need to produce an heir which Josephine could not fulfil. Napoleon's regret at this action-and the heartbreak it caused Josephine-are fully documented, and her death only four years later saw her last recorded words being his name.
The Private Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol 3
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Author : Louis Constant Wairy
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2018-04-22
The Private Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol 3 written by Louis Constant Wairy and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-22 with categories.
The First Consul left Boulogne to return to Paris, in order to be present at the marriage of one of his sisters. Prince Camille Borghese, descendant of the noblest family of Rome, had already arrived at Paris to-marry Madame Pauline Bonaparte, widow of General Leclerc, who had died of yellow fever in San Domingo. I recollect having seen this unfortunate general at the residence of the First Consul some time before his departure on the ill-starred expedition which cost him his life, and France the loss of many brave soldiers and much treasure. General Leclerc, whose name is now almost forgotten, or held in light esteem, was a kind and good man. He was passionately in love with his wife, whose giddiness, to put it mildly, afflicted him sorely, and threw him into a deep and habitual melancholy painful to witness. Princess Pauline (who was then far from being a princess) had married him willingly, and of her own choice; but this did not prevent her tormenting her husband by her innumerable caprices, and repeating to him a hundred times a day that he was indeed a fortunate man to marry the sister of the First Consul. I am sure that with his simple tastes and quiet disposition General Leclerc would have preferred less distinction and more peace. The First Consul required his sister to accompany her husband to San Domingo. She was forced to obey, and to leave Paris, where she swayed the scepter of fashion, and eclipsed all other women by her elegance and coquetry, as well as by her incomparable beauty, to brave a dangerous climate, and the ferocious companions of Christophe and Dessalines. At the end of the year 1801 the admiral's ship, The Ocean, sailed from Brest, carrying to the Cape (San Domingo) General Leclerc, his wife, and their son. After her arrival at the Cape, the conduct of Madame Leclerc was beyond praise. On more than one occasion, but especially that which I shall now attempt to describe, she displayed a courage worthy of her name and the position of her husband. I obtained these details from an eye-witness whom I had known at Paris in the service of Princess Pauline.
Napoleon
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Author : Ted Gott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Napoleon written by Ted Gott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Art categories.
This panoramic volume tells the story of French art, culture and life from the 1770s to the 1820s: the first French voyages of discovery to Australia, the stormy period of social change with the outbreak of the French Revolution, and the rise to power of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife Josephine.