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L. Muhlbach. Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
Table of Contents
BOOK I. THE VISCOUNTESS BEAUHARNAIS
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II. THE YOUNG MAID
CHAPTER III. THE BETROTHAL
CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG BONAPARTE
CHAPTER V. THE UNHAPPY MARRIAGE
CHAPTER VI. TRIANON AND MARIE ANTOINETTE
CHAPTER VII. LIEUTENANT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
CHAPTER VIII. A PAGE FROM HISTORY
CHAPTER IX. JOSEPHINE’S RETURN
CHAPTER X. THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER XI. THE TENTH OF AUGUST, AND THE LETTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
CHAPTER XII. THE EXECUTION OF THE QUEEN
CHAPTER XIII. THE ARREST
CHAPTER XIV. IN PRISON
CHAPTER XV. DELIVERANCE
BOOK II. THE WIFE OF GENERAL BONAPARTE
CHAPTER XVI. BONAPARTE IN CORSICA
CHAPTER XVII. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BEFORE TOULON
CHAPTER XVIII. BONAPARTE’S IMPRISONMENT
CHAPTER XIX. THE THIRTEENTH VENDEMIAIRE
CHAPTER XX. THE WIDOW JOSEPHINE BEAUHARNAIS
CHAPTER XXI. THE NEW PARIS
CHAPTER XXII. THE FIRST INTERVIEW
“THE RED MAN.”
CHAPTER XXIII. MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XXIV. BONAPARTE’S LOVE-LETTERS
LETTERS OF GENERAL BONAPARTE TO JOSEPHINE
“N. B.”
III. “TO MY SWEET FRIEND!
CHAPTER XXV. JOSEPHINE IN ITALY
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
CHAPTER XXVI. BONAPARTE AND JOSEPHINE IN MILAN
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
“BONAPARTE.”
CHAPTER XXVII. THE COURT OF MONTEBELLO
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PEACE OF CAMPO FORMIO
CHAPTER XXIX. DAYS OF TRIUMPH
BOOK III. THE EMPRESS AND THE DIVORCED
CHAPTER XXX. PLOMBIERES AND HALMAISON
CHAPTER XXXI. THE FIRST FAITHLESSNESS
CHAPTER XXXII. THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TUILERIES
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE INFERNAL MACHINE
CHAPTER XXXV. THE CASHMERES AND THE LETTER
CHAPTER XXXVI. MALMAISON
CHAPTER XXXVII. FLOWERS AND MUSIC
CHAPTER XXXVIII. PRELUDE TO THE EMPIRE
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE POPE IN PARIS
CHAPTER XL
THE CORONATION
CHAPTER XLI. DAYS OF HAPPINESS
CHAPTER XLII. DIVORCE
CHAPTER XLIII. THE DIVORCED
CHAPTER XLIV. DEATH
THE END
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L. Mühlbach
Published by Good Press, 2022
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In the middle of October they both, after a stormy passage, touched the soil of France and announced to their relatives their safe arrival. Alexandre de Beauharnais, full of impatient longings to see his unknown young bride, hastened to Brest to bid her and her father welcome, and to accompany them to Paris.
The first meeting of the young couple decided their future. Josephine, smiling and blushing, avowed to her father that she was willing and ready to marry M. Alexandre Beanharnais; and, the very first day of his meeting with Josephine, Alexandre wrote to his father that he was enchanted with the choice made, and that he felt strongly convinced that, at the side of so charming, sweet, and lovely a being, he would lead a happy and sunny life.
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