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Author : Tighe Hopkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Women Napoleon Loved written by Tighe Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tighe Hopkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781402152504
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (525 download)
Download or read book The Women Napoleon Loved written by Tighe Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clara Tschudi
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365364276
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (642 download)
Download or read book The Great Napoleon's Mother (Classic Reprint) written by Clara Tschudi and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Great Napoleon's Mother N o apology can be needed on the part of either author or translator for bringing before the public a sketch of the life of Letitia Bonaparte, whose chequered career is so deeply interesting, and yet so little known. It commends itself to the study of women of all nations and of every cast of thought, while an insight into the character of the mother of a remarkable man, whatever our personal, political, or patriotic feeling may be, ought at the least to awaken our curiosity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Philip W. Sergeant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331840350
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (43 download)
Download or read book The Empress Josephine, Napoleon's Enchantress written by Philip W. Sergeant and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Empress Josephine, Napoleon's Enchantress: Hutchinson's Library of Standard Lives Writing in 1887, after a trip to Fort-de-France, formerly Fort-Royal, capital of the West Indian island of Martinique, the late Lafcadio Heam remarks that the town has little of outward interest apart from the Savane, the great green public square. But that, continues Hearn in his most enthusiastic strain, would be worth the visit alone, even were it not made romantic by the marble memory of Josephine: "I went to look at the white dream of her there, a creation of master-sculptors. It seemed to me absolutely lovely. Sea-winds had bitten it; tropical rains had streaked it; some microscopic growth has darkened the exquisite hollow of the throat. And yet such is the human charm of the figure that you almost fancy you are gazing at a living presence. Perhaps the profile is less artistically real - statuesque to the point of betraying the chisel; but when you look straight up into the sweet Creole face, you can believe she lives: all the wonderful West Indian charm of the woman is there. She is standing just in front of the Savane, robed in the fashion of the First Empire, with gracious arms and shoulders bare: one hand leans upon a medallion bearing the eagle profile of Napoleon. Seven tall palms stand in a circle around her, lifting their comely heads into the blue glory of the tropic day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Violette M. Montagu
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331263251
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (632 download)
Download or read book The Celebrated Madame Campan written by Violette M. Montagu and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Celebrated Madame Campan: Lady-in-Waiting to Marie Antoinette and Confidante of Napoleon So great was Mme Campan's fame, not only in Europe but also in America and India, as the governess of Pauline, Caroline, and Charlotte Bona parte and Hortense, Stephanie, and Emilie dc Beauharnais, and of many of the beautiful and witty women who adorned Napoleon's Court - which Mme Campan had helped to form - that when that great Emperor organized the first Imperial Educational Establishment of the Legion of Honour at Ecouen, he gave Mme Campan the post of directress. My intention in writing this book has been to present a faithful picture of the France of the Git do Barn] and of that greater France when no educa tion was considered complete without a sojourn in Paris, that Parnassus whither Napoleon, the master mind, invited the world's most gifted artists, musicians, littérateurs, scientists, and thinkers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Christine Sutherland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)
Download or read book Marie Walewska written by Christine Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marie Anne Adélaíde Lenormand
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260435460
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (354 download)
Download or read book Historical and Secret Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Marie Rose Tascher de la Pagerie, First Wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Marie Anne Adélaíde Lenormand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historical and Secret Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, Marie Rose Tascher De La Pagerie, First Wife of Napoleon Bonaparte, Vol. 1 The following work, hitherto unknown, it is believed, in this country, is respectfully submitted to the American public. That part of it written by the Empress herself, comprehend ing nearly the entire work, is full of instruction to men and women, to statesmen and citizens. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Hélène Adeline Guerber
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267992416
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (924 download)
Download or read book Empresses of France (Classic Reprint) written by Hélène Adeline Guerber and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Empresses of France While the Queens of France are very numerous and often insignificant, the Empresses are three women of note, whose lives extend over more than a century. As their sayings and doings form an important part of the stirring history of their time, it has seemed best to give them a volume to themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Lascelles Wraxall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656102884
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Queen Hortense, Mother of Napoleon III (Classic Reprint) written by Lascelles Wraxall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Memoirs of Queen Hortense, Mother of Napoleon III Hortense was the daughter of the Viscount de Beauharnois, who, contrary to the wish of his friends, married a young Creole lady, Mademoiselle Tascher de la Pagerie. The union, although one of love, did not prove a happy one, for both were young and in experienced, passionate and jealous, and wanted the strength of character and energy necessary to turn the turbulent waves of their disposition into the channel of quiet matrimony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : James Endell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267444069
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (44 download)
Download or read book The Love Story of Empress Josephine (Classic Reprint) written by James Endell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Love Story of Empress Josephine A history doing full justice to Josephine, whose life was crammed with so much incident, would fill many large volumes. It therefore goes with out saying that this present book makes no pretence to being a comprehensive history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Richmond Sheffield Dement
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483579385
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (793 download)
Download or read book Napoleon and Josephine written by Richmond Sheffield Dement and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Napoleon and Josephine: A Tragedy in a Prologue and Five Acts Of The Empress Josephine, for the divorce was certainly the death-knell of her happiness, and the cloud that first dimmed and finally obscured the star of Napoleon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Imbert De Saint-Amand
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331547426
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)
Download or read book The Wife of the First Consul (Classic Reprint) written by Imbert De Saint-Amand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Wife of the First Consul Hortense de Beauharnais, a bright and merry girl, running, swift as Atalanta, in the garden; or in the theatre at the end of the gallery, playing Rosina in the Barber of Seville like a consummate actress. I am back in the consular court, which is still repub lican, full of charm, of vivacity, rich in youth, glory, and hope, with but little dread of the catastrophes hid in the dark future. Nine years pass, and what a change! Poor Jose phine, broken with grief, enters once more the house where not long before she had arrived in joy. Her dark presentiments have been realized. The woman to whom the conqueror of Italy used to write burn ing love-letters is now disgraced, disowned, and driven forever from the Tuileries. She has just drunk to the dregs the chalice of the bitterness of divorce which she had prayed to be spared. It is a cold, wet December night; the withered leaves lie about like dead illusions; the wind wails, and nature moans. The abode of happiness is become a Calvary. What a night the wretched woman passes in the room which she used to occupy with Napoleon! And when she wakes in the morning, what a sad eye she turns towards the trees which once shaded so much happi ness! In the course of the day Napoleon-comes to pay an icy visit to his divorced wife; he walks for a few moments with her in the park and leaves her without a kiss. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Napoleon I (Emperor of the French)
Publisher : Ravenhall Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Letters of Napoleon to Josephine written by Napoleon I (Emperor of the French) and published by Ravenhall Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This collection of letters reveals much about the times through which Napoleon and Josephine prospered and about the forces which played upon a couple who rose at astonishing speed to the very height of power and success. This edition includes detailed commentaries on the letters, a chronology and biographies of key personalities."--Jacket.
Author : Catherine Bearne
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259482758
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (827 download)
Download or read book A Queen of Napoleon's Court written by Catherine Bearne and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-04-28 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Queen of Napoleon's Court: The Life-Story of Desiree Bernadotte HE very kind reception given by the public and by most of the critics to my last book, A Leader of Society at Napoleon's Court, and the interest shown in any anecdotes or information about Napoleon and his family, lead me to hope that the story of another woman whose lot was cast in those wonderful days and in that fascinating country may not be without attraction for the general reader, to whom this book, like the last, is respectfully offered. My present heroine, Desiree Clary, did not possess the striking talents and character of Laura Permon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Napoleon Bonaparte
Publisher : Gallic Books
ISBN 13 : 1906040613
Total Pages : 59 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Clisson and Eugénie written by Napoleon Bonaparte and published by Gallic Books. This book was released on 2009-10-14 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tragic story of Clisson and Eugenie reveals one of history's great leaders to also be an accomplished writer of fiction.Written in an eloquently Romantic style true to its period, the story offers the reader a fascinating insight into how the young Napoleon viewed love, women and military life.
Author : Kate Williams
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345522850
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)
Download or read book Ambition and Desire written by Kate Williams and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From CNN’s official royal historian, a highly praised young author with a doctorate from Oxford University, comes the extraordinary rags-to-riches story of the woman who conquered Napoleon’s heart—and with it, an empire. Their love was legendary, their ambition flagrant and unashamed. Napoleon Bonaparte and his wife, Josephine, came to power during one of the most turbulent periods in the history of France. The story of the Corsican soldier’s incredible rise has been well documented. Now, in this spellbinding, luminous account, Kate Williams draws back the curtain on the woman who beguiled him: her humble origins, her exorbitant appetites, and the tragic turn of events that led to her undoing. Born Marie-Josèphe-Rose de Tascher de La Pagerie on the Caribbean island of Martinique, the woman Napoleon would later call Josephine was the ultimate survivor. She endured a loveless marriage to a French aristocrat—executed during the Reign of Terror—then barely escaped the guillotine blade herself. Her near-death experience only fueled Josephine’s ambition and heightened her determination to find a man who could finance and sustain her. Though no classic beauty, she quickly developed a reputation as one of the most desirable women on the continent. In 1795, she met Napoleon. The attraction was mutual, immediate, and intense. Theirs was an often-tumultuous union, roiled by their pursuit of other lovers but intensely focused on power and success. Josephine was Napoleon’s perfect consort and the object of national fascination. Together they conquered Europe. Their extravagance was unprecedented, even by the standards of Versailles. But she could not produce an heir. Sexual obsession brought them together, but cold biological truth tore them apart. Gripping in its immediacy, captivating in its detail, Ambition and Desire is a true tale of desire, heartbreak, and revolutionary turmoil, engagingly written by one of England’s most praised young historians. Kate Williams’s searing portrait of this alluring and complex woman will finally elevate Josephine Bonaparte to the historical prominence she deserves. Praise for Ambition and Desire “Not just a scholarly work, but a page-turner . . . Williams is no stranger to creating works on strong and influential women, and, as in those works, here she does an admirable job of demystifying Josephine. . . . This engrossing and accessible account is for all readers who enjoy historical biography.”—Library Journal “[A] riveting account . . . Williams perfectly illustrates all that was bizarre and maddening about French life during the reign of Josephine and Napoleon Bonaparte.”—Publishers Weekly “Intelligent and entertaining.”—Kirkus Reviews “An in-depth portrait of the substantive woman behind the throne.”—Booklist “Reading [Ambition and Desire] is like watching Silk Stockings, the 1957 Hollywood masterpiece with Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse. The book flows and jumps, taking the reader by the hand through tormented times in French history without ever letting you go or losing itself in the intricacies of French politics.”—The Times “A sparkling account of this most fallible and endearing of women.”—Daily Mail “A whirlwind tour of French history.”—The Telegraph
Author : J. M. Thompson
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1444659758
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (446 download)
Download or read book Letters of Napoleon written by J. M. Thompson and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not that all Napoleons letters, or even many of them, are of a selfrevealing kind. In youth he had few confidants in middle age he had little to confide. la the stress of business and war he soon shed the idealism of the patriot, the fatalism of the f evolutionary, and the romanticism of the lover. Any sense he may once have had of the beauty, the pathos, or even the humour of life was coarsened by flattery and success. He can still declare, exhort, abuse, persuade, even charm but always in the interest of a policy, and to gain an end. He is wise, clearsighted, eloquent, heroic but hardly ever a human being in repose. Nevertheless, Napo leons letters remain, beyond anything written about him, or anything else he wrote or said about himself, by far his finest portrait. When he was a young man, Napoleon wrote in the rapid and already confused hand of the relatively rare letters signed Buonaparte or Bonaparte. With growing age and work, his handwriting became so slovenly as to be wellnigh illegible whilst his signature shortened from Napoleon to Napol., Nap., Np., and N. Though he still wrote some private letters, and the more important military and diplomatic despatches, he habitually employed secretaries, and carried on the bulk of his correspondence by dictation. Napoleon had three principal secretaries Bourrienne 1797-1802, Meneval 1802-13, and Fain 1806-14. All of them wrote Memoirs, and there is no lack of evidence as to how their work was done. In a rather unkind conversation at St. Helena, Napoleon said that Bourrienne wrote a good hand, and was active, tireless, and patriotic, but that he was a gambler, whose face lit up when his master dictated any thing dealing with big figures: he was in fact dismissed for becoming involved in financial speculation. His work was done partly at the Luxembourg, and partly at the Tuileries. In his Memoirs he describes Napoleons appear ance, dress, and habits in minute detail. From breakfast at 10 to dinner at 5 every hour was taken up with reading petitions, correcting letters, giving interviews, or attending meetings.
