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قراءة كتاب Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. I of II
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Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Vol. I of II
الصفحة رقم: 1
Coronation of the Empress Josephine
MEMOIRS OF
THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE
BY MADAME DE RÉMUSAT
Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress
VOLUME I
With a Special Introduction
and Illustrations
NEW YORK
P F COLLIER & SON
PUBLISHERS
Copyright 1879
By D. Appleton and Company
Copyright 1910
By P. F. Collier & Son
| CONTENTS | |
| PAGE | |
| Introduction | 9 |
| List of Illustrations | 11 |
| Preface by Paul de Rémusat | 13 |
| Portraits and Anecdotes by the Author | 65 |
| BOOK I | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| (1802-1803.) | |
| Family Affairs—My First Evening at Saint Cloud—General Moreau—M. de Rémusat is made Prefect, and I, Lady of the Palace—Habits of the First Consul and of Mme. Bonaparte—M. de Talleyrand—The Family of the First Consul—Mlles. Georges and Duchesnois—Mme. Bonaparte’s Jealousy | 103 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| (1803.) | |
| A Return to the Customs of the Monarchy—M. de Fontanes—Mme. d’Houdetot—Rumors of War—Meeting of the Corps Législatif—Departure of the English Ambassador—M. Maret—Marshal Berthier—Journey of the First Consul to Belgium—A Carriage Accident—The Amiens Fêtes | 133 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| (1803.) | |
| Continuation of the Journey to Belgium—Opinions of the First Consul on Gratitude, on Glory, and on the French—Ghent, Malines, and Brussels—The Clergy—M. de Roquelaure—Return to Saint Cloud—Preparations for an Invasion of England—Marriage of Mme. Leclerc—Journey of the First Consul to Boulogne—Illness of M. de Rémusat—I rejoin him—Conversations with the First Consul | 148 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| (1803-1804.) | |
| Continuation of the First Consul’s Conversations at Boulogne—Reading of the Tragedy of “Philippe Auguste”—My New Impressions—Return to Paris—Mme. Bonaparte’s Jealousy—Winter Fêtes of 1804—M. de Fontanes—M. Fouché—Savary—Pichegru—Arrest of General Moreau | 171 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| The Arrest of Georges Cadoudal—The Mission of M. de Caulaincourt to Ettenheim—The Arrest of the Due d’Enghien—My Distress and my Urgency with Mme. Bonaparte—An Evening at Malmaison—The Death of the Duc d’Enghien—Remarkable Words of the First Consul | 192 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| (1804.) | |
| The Impression produced in Paris by the Death of the Duc d’Enghien—The First Consul’s Efforts to dispel it—Performance at the Opéra House—Death of Pichegru—Breach between Bonaparte and his Brother Lucien—Project of adopting the Young Napoleon—Foundation of the Empire | 213 |