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The Bonaparte Family Tree
1 THE CREOLE
2 THE DOOMED MARRIAGE
3 THE CITOYENNE BEAUHARNAIS
4 THE CORSICAN BOY
5 A PROSTITUTE AND A PEST
6 THE ‘ADORABLE FRIEND’
7 CHEZ LES PERMONS
8 PARISIAN SALONS
9 ADVENTURES IN ITALY
10 THE SERBELLONI PALACE
11 THE FAVOURITE SISTER
12 CAROLINE
13 ‘PEACE À LA BONAPARTE’
14 LIFE IN THE RUE DE LA VICTOIRE
15 ‘LA PUTANA’
16 A CONVERSATION WITH JUNOT
17 ‘CLEOPATRA’
18 THE GENERAL’S RETURN
19 THE COUP
20 DAYS AT MALMAISON
21 ASSASSINS AND VICTIMS
22 MISTRESSES AT COURT
23 THE IMPERIAL HIGHNESSES AND MADAME MÈRE
24 CORONATION
25 ADOPTED AND NATURAL SONS
26 LIFE AT COURT
27 MARIE WALEWSKA
28 PRELIMINARIES OF DIVORCE
29 SISTERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW
30 SEPARATION
31 MARIE-LOUISE
32 MARRIAGE AND HONEYMOON
33 THE KING OF ROME
34 DISASTER IN RUSSIA
35 FUGITIVES
36 THE AUSTRIAN EQUERRY
37 THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE
38 EXILE ON ELBA
39 MADAME MÈRE
40 PAULINE BORGHESE
41 QUEEN CAROLINE
42 DEFEAT AND EXILE
43 ST HELENA
44 LONGWOOD HOUSE
45 ‘MACH’ AND ‘SULTANA’
46 SEXUAL ADVENTURES
47 DREAMS AND MEMORIES
48 DEATH OF THE EMPEROR
49 ELISA AND CAROLINE
50 PAULINE AND MADAME MÈRE
EPILOGUE THE RETURN TO PARIS
APPENDIX POST MORTEM
THE FATE OF CHARACTERS WHOSE END IS NOT RECORDED IN THE TEXT
CHRONOLOGY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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