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A PAWN AMONG KINGS
EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF NAPOLEON AND HIS STAFF AT AUSTERLITZ (From a print in Canon Brook-Jackson’s collection, believed to be the only one in existence.)
NAPOLEON AND
HIS COURT
BY
C. S. FORESTER
WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS
METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
First Published in 1924
PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
CONTENTS
CHAP.PAGE
I.IN GENERAL9
II.THE MAN HIMSELF17
III.SOME PALADINS25
IV.ONE WIFE35
V.THE DIVORCE42
VI.ANOTHER WIFE47
VII.SOME COURT DETAILS55
VIII.THE GREATEST PALADIN67
IX.MORE PALADINS80
X.BROTHERS95
XI.SISTERS114
XII.STARS OF LESSER MAGNITUDE133
XIII.WOMEN151
XIV.LIKES AND DISLIKES174
XV.WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN184
XVI.SPOTS IN THE SUN202
XVII.ST. HELENA223
APPENDIX—INCIDENTS AND AUTHORITIES237
INDEX245
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF NAPOLEON AND HIS STAFF AT AUSTERLITZfront
GENERAL BONAPARTE16
PRINCE JOACHIM (MURAT, KING OF THE TWO SICILIES)34
MARIE LOUISE, EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH54
GRAF VON NEIPPERG66
EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS (VICEROY OF ITALY, PRINCE DE VENISE)79
AUGEREAU, DUC DE CASTIGLIONE94
JOSEPH NAPOLEON, KING OF NAPLES113
CAROLINE MURAT132
LETIZIA BONAPARTE (MADAME MÈRE)151
ELISE BACIOCCHI151
THE KING OF ROME173
PAULINE BORGHESE183
DAVOUT (PRINCE D’ECKMÜHL AND DUC D’AUERSTÄDT)201
MASSENA (PRINCE D’ESSLING AND DUC DE RIVOLI)222
LOUIS NAPOLEON, KING OF HOLLAND236
Note.—The illustrations are reproduced from prints in the collection of Canon Brook-Jackson, by kind permission.
Napoleon and His Court