Illustrations
Reading edition
Napoleon I., Emperor of the French J. L. David Frontispiece
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Napoleon at Brienne Réalier Dumas 24
“It is the Emperor!” H. de T. Glazebrook 86
Installation of Napoleon as First Consul L. Couder 108
The Death of General Desaix A. Le Dru 118
On the Sands at Boulogne A. C. Gow, R.A. 132
Napoleon giving the Eagles to his Army L. David 140
Napoleon Decorating his Soldiers at Boulogne F. G. Roussel 146
The Night before Austerlitz A. Dawant 152
The Battle of Friedland Horace Vernet 176
The Retreat from Moscow V. Werestchagin 266
After Moscow: “Advance or Retreat?” V. Werestchagin 280
Marshal Ney defending the Rear-Guard Adolphe Yvon 288
1814 J. L. E. Meissonier 302
The Flight from Waterloo A. C. Gow, R.A. 308
Napoleon on Board the Bellerophon Sir W. Q. Orchardson, R.A. 312