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The Empress Josephine Louise Muhlbach The Empress Josephine Table of Contents The Empress Josephine............................................................................................................................................1 Louise Muhlbach............................................................................................................................................1 BOOK I. THE VISCOUNTESS BEAUHARNAIS....................................................................................................2 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER II. THE YOUNG MAID.............................................................................................................3 CHAPTER III. THE BETROTHAL..............................................................................................................8 CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG BONAPARTE............................................................................................12 CHAPTER V. THE UNHAPPY MARRIAGE............................................................................................19 CHAPTER VI. TRIANON AND MARIE ANTOINETTE.........................................................................27 CHAPTER VII. LIEUTENANT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE..................................................................36 CHAPTER VIII. A PAGE FROM HISTORY.............................................................................................45 CHAPTER IX. JOSEPHINE'S RETURN...................................................................................................51 CHAPTER X. THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION................................................................................55 CHAPTER XI. THE TENTH OF AUGUST, AND THE LETTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE......60 CHAPTER XII. THE EXECUTION OF THE QUEEN..............................................................................65 CHAPTER XIII. THE ARREST.................................................................................................................74 CHAPTER XIV. IN PRISON......................................................................................................................80 CHAPTER XV. DELIVERANCE...............................................................................................................84 BOOK II. THE WIFE OF GENERAL BONAPARTE............................................................................................89 CHAPTER XVI. BONAPARTE IN CORSICA..........................................................................................89 CHAPTER XVII. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BEFORE TOULON........................................................92 CHAPTER XVIII. BONAPARTE'S IMPRISONMENT............................................................................96 CHAPTER XIX. THE THIRTEENTH VENDEMIAIRE.........................................................................103 CHAPTER XX. THE WIDOW JOSEPHINE BEAUHARNAIS..............................................................108 CHAPTER XXI. THE NEW PARIS.........................................................................................................112 CHAPTER XXII. THE FIRST INTERVIEW...........................................................................................115 CHAPTER XXIII. MARRIAGE...............................................................................................................122 CHAPTER XXIV. BONAPARTE'S LOVE−LETTERS..........................................................................127 CHAPTER XXV. JOSEPHINE IN ITALY...............................................................................................132 CHAPTER XXVI. BONAPARTE AND JOSEPHINE IN MILAN..........................................................138 CHAPTER XXVII. THE COURT OF MONTEBELLO...........................................................................148 CHAPTER XXVIII. THE PEACE OF CAMPO FORMIO......................................................................156 CHAPTER XXIX. DAYS OF TRIUMPH................................................................................................160 BOOK III. THE EMPRESS AND THE DIVORCED............................................................................................165 CHAPTER XXX. PLOMBIERES AND HALMAISON..........................................................................165 CHAPTER XXXI. THE FIRST FAITHLESSNESS.................................................................................169 CHAPTER XXXII. THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE...........................................................................176 CHAPTER XXXIII. THE TUILERIES.....................................................................................................184 CHAPTER XXXIV. THE INFERNAL MACHINE.................................................................................191 CHAPTER XXXV. THE CASHMERES AND THE LETTER................................................................195 CHAPTER XXXVI. MALMAISON.........................................................................................................198 CHAPTER XXXVII. FLOWERS AND MUSIC......................................................................................203 CHAPTER XXXVIII. PRELUDE TO THE EMPIRE..............................................................................208 CHAPTER XXXIX. THE POPE IN PARIS.............................................................................................214 CHAPTER XL. THE CORONATION......................................................................................................217 CHAPTER XLI. DAYS OF HAPPINESS................................................................................................221 CHAPTER XLII. DIVORCE.....................................................................................................................224 CHAPTER XLIII. THE DIVORCED........................................................................................................231 i The Empress Josephine Table of Contents The Empress Josephine CHAPTER XLIV. DEATH.......................................................................................................................237 ii The Empress Josephine Louise Muhlbach TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY REV. W. BINET, A M. This page copyright © 2001 Blackmask Online. http://www.blackmask.com • 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. • CHAPTER XXIII. MARRIAGE. • CHAPTER XXIV. BONAPARTE'S LOVE−LETTERS. • CHAPTER XXV. JOSEPHINE IN ITALY. • CHAPTER XXVI. BONAPARTE AND JOSEPHINE IN MILAN. • 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. The Empress Josephine 1 The Empress Josephine • 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. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE AN HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE DAYS OF NAPOLEON BOOK I. THE VISCOUNTESS BEAUHARNAIS. CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION. "I win the battles, Josephine wins me the hearts." These words of Napoleon are the most beautiful epitaph of the Empress Josephine, the much−loved, the much−regretted, and the much−slandered one. Even while Napoleon won battles, while with lofty pride he placed his foot on the neck of the conquered, took away from princes their crowns, and from nations their libertywhile Europe trembling bowed before him, and despite her admiration cursed himwhile hatred heaved up the hearts of all nations against himeven then none could refuse admiration to the tender, lovely woman who, with the gracious smile of goodness, walked at his side; none could refuse love to the wife of the conqueror, whose countenance of brass received light and lustre from the beautiful eyes of Josephine, as Memnon's statue from the rays of the sun. She was not beautiful according to those high and exalted rules of beauty which we admire in the statues of the gods of old, but her whole being was surrounded with such a charm, goodness, and grace, that the rules of beauty were forgotten. Josephine's