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Title: A life of Napoleon Boneparte:
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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sfied. And again, I write youonly two words, my good mother, to tell you that I am well.My corps had a brilliant day yesterday. I had to deal witheight divisions of the enemy from morning until night, andI kept my position. The Emperor is pleased, and you canbelieve that I am. But the joy of victory was not long continued. Moscowwas entered on September 15th, 1812. The exultation thatthe capture of the enemys capital caused in France wasshort-lived. Close upon it came reports of the burning ofthe city, of the awful cost of the march inland, of thesuffering the army was undergoing. When Josephinereached Paris in October, the city was full of sinister re-ports of defeat. A plot to seize the government, based ona report of Napoleons death, had just been suppressed. Herletters from Eugene had talked only of victory. What couldit mean? As she listened to the reports afloat and cameunder the spell of the citys foreboding, a deadly despairseized her. At the mere mention of Napoleons name she
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EUGENE DE BEAUHARNAIS, NAPOLEONS STEPSON. ( EUGENIO NAPOLEONE, PRINCE DI FRANCIA, VICE RE dITALIA, 1813.) Engraved by Longhi, after Gerard, Milan, 1813.442 FLIGHT FROM PARIS 443 wept. Her face carried such woe that her household fearedthat worse evils had befallen them than they knew of, andMalmaison for weeks was wrapped in gloom. This was her condition when suddenly it was reported thatNapoleon had returned unannounced from Russia. Amazedat the extent of the conspiracy which had arisen in his ab-sence and at the instability of the throne at the mere reportof his own death, and fearing still more serious results whenthe full news of the catastrophe in Russia reached France,the Emperor had driven night and day across Europe toParis. His presence inspired courage, but it could not closethe ears of France to the ghastly stories of the retreat fromMoscow, nor blind her eyes to the haggard remnants of menwho daily flocked into the city. There was an appearance ofgaiety, because the Empero

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