A Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, with a Sketch of Josephine, Empress of the French
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1. Front matter2. A LIFE of NAPOLEON BONAPARTE With a Sketch of JOSEPHINE, Empress of the French. Illustrated from the collection of NAPOLEON Engravings made by the late Hon. G. G. Hubbard, and now owned by the Congressional Library, Washington, D. C., supplemented by Pictures from the best French Collections....3. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION4. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION5. CHAPTER I NAPOLEON’S YOUTH AND EARLY SURROUNDINGS—HIS SCHOOL DAYS AT BRIENNE6. CHAPTER II NAPOLEON IN PARIS—LIEUTENANT OF ARTILLERY—LITERARY WORK—NAPOLEON AND THE REVOLUTION7. CHAPTER III NAPOLEON AND ROBESPIERRE—OUT OF WORK—GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY OF THE INTERIOR8. CHAPTER IV NAPOLEON’S COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE—HIS DEVOTION TO JOSEPHINE9. CHAPTER V THE FIRST ITALIAN CAMPAIGN—NAPOLEON’S WAY OF MAKING WAR10. CHAPTER VI NAPOLEON’S RETURN TO PARIS—THE EGYPTIAN CAMPAIGN—THE 18th BRUMAIRE11. CHAPTER VII NAPOLEON AS STATESMAN AND LAWGIVER—THE FINANCES—THE INDUSTRIES—THE PUBLIC WORKS12. CHAPTER VIII RETURN OF THE EMIGRES—THE CONCORDAT—LEGION OF HONOR—CODE NAPOLEON13. CHAPTER IX OPPOSITION TO THE CENTRALIZATION OF THE GOVERNMENT—GENERAL PROSPERITY14. CHAPTER X PREPARATIONS FOR WAR WITH ENGLAND—FLOTILLA AT BOULOGNE—SALE OF LOUISIANA15. CHAPTER XI OPPOSITION TO NAPOLEON—THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EMPIRE—KING OF ITALY16. CHAPTER XII CAMPAIGN OF 1805—CAMPAIGN OF 1806–1807—PEACE OF TILSIT17. CHAPTER XIII EXTENSION OF NAPOLEON’S EMPIRE—FAMILY AFFAIRS18. CHAPTER XIV THE BERLIN DECREE—WAR IN THE PENINSULA—THE BONAPARTES ON THE SPANISH THRONE19. CHAPTER XV DISASTER IN SPAIN—ALEXANDER AND NAPOLEON IN COUNCIL—NAPOLEON AT MADRID20. CHAPTER XVI TALLEYRAND’S TREACHERY—THE CAMPAIGN OF 1809—WAGRAM21. CHAPTER XVII THE DIVORCE—A NEW WIFE—AN HEIR TO THE CROWN22. CHAPTER XVIII TROUBLE WITH THE POPE—THE CONSCRIPTION—EVASIONS OF THE BLOCKADE—THE TILSIT AGREEMENT BROKEN23. CHAPTER XIX THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN—THE BURNING OF MOSCOW—A NEW ARMY24. CHAPTER XX CAMPAIGN OF 1813—CAMPAIGN OF 1814—ABDICATION25. CHAPTER XXI RULER OF THE ISLAND OF ELBA—RETURN TO PARIS—THE HUNDRED DAYS—THE SECOND ABDICATION26. CHAPTER XXII NAPOLEON’S SURRENDER TO ENGLAND—SENT TO ST. HELENA—LIFE IN EXILE—DEATH OF NAPOLEON27. CHAPTER XXIII THE SECOND FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON—REMOVAL OF NAPOLEON’S REMAINS FROM ST. HELENA TO THE BANKS OF THE SEINE IN 184028. CHAPTER I FAMILY—EARLY SURROUNDINGS—EUGENE DE BEAUHARNAIS—MARRIAGE—SEPARATION FROM HER HUSBAND29. CHAPTER II JOSEPHINE IN THE REVOLUTION—IMPRISONED AT LES CARMES—STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE—MARRIAGE WITH BONAPARTE30. CHAPTER III BONAPARTE GOES TO ITALY—JOSEPHINE AT MILAN—TRIUMPHAL TOUR IN ITALY—BONAPARTE LEAVES FOR EGYPT31. CHAPTER IV BONAPARTE IS MADE FIRST CONSUL—JOSEPHINE’S TACT IN PUBLIC LIFE—HER PERSONAL CHARM—MALMAISON32. CHAPTER V THE QUESTION OF SUCCESSION—MARRIAGE OF HORTENSE—JOSEPHINE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE—THE CORONATION33. CHAPTER VI ETIQUETTE REGULATING JOSEPHINE’S LIFE—ROYAL JOURNEYS—TACT OF THE EMPRESS—EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS.34. CHAPTER VII JOSEPHINE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO POLAND—FEAR OF DIVORCE—THE RECONCILIATION OF 1807–1808—THE CAMPAIGN OF 1809 AND ITS EFFECT ON NAPOLEON.35. CHAPTER VIII NAPOLEON RETURNS TO FRANCE—JOSEPHINE’S UNHAPPINESS—NAPOLEON’S VIEW OF A DIVORCE—THE WAY IN WHICH THE DIVORCE WAS EFFECTED36. CHAPTER IX AFTER THE DIVORCE—NAVARRE—JOSEPHINE’S SUSPICIONS OF THE EMPEROR—HER GRADUAL RETURN TO HAPPINESS37. CHAPTER X EFFECT ON JOSEPHINE OF DISASTERS IN RUSSIA—ANXIETY DURING CAMPAIGN OF 1813—FLIGHT FROM PARIS—DEATH IN 181438. Autographs of Napoleon from 1785–1816[3]39. TABLE OF THE BONAPARTE FAMILY.40. CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE41. INDEX42. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE