Revival: The Women Bonapartes Vol. I (1908) - The Mother and Three Sisters of Napoleon I

It will therefore, I think be admitted that the present volumes, in which I have endeavoured to give a full and unprejudiced history of the Women Bonapartes, call for no apology; and I may even venture to believe that, whatever their shortcomings, they will be welcomed by the English and American public as an attempt to fill a place in our Napoleonic literature which has been long vacant.

List of contents

Chapter I
Letizia Ramolino
Chapter II
Birth and infancy of Napoleon
Chapter III
Exigencies of Carlo Bonaparte
Chapter IV
Poverty of the Bonapartes at this period
Chapter V
Marianna and Admiral Truguet
Chapter VI
Early days of the Bonaparte family in France
Chapter VII
Madame Bonaparte and her daughters return to Marseilles
Chapter VIII
Pauline and Freron
Chapter IX
Elisa and Felix Baciocchi
Chapter X
Dispersal of the Bonaparte family
Chapter XI
Madam Bonaparte accompanied by Louis arrive in Paris
Chapter XII
The Bonapartes after Brumaire
Chapter XIII
Madame Bonaparte declines the First Consul's invitation to take up her residence at the Tuileries
Chapter XIV
Pauline and Leclerc
Chapter XV
Elisa purchases the Hotel Maurepas
Chapter XVI
Pauline after her return from St. Domingo
Chapter XVII
Proclamation of the Empire

About the author

Williams, Hugh Noel

Summary

It will therefore, I think be admitted that the present volumes, in which I have endeavoured to give a full and unprejudiced history of the Women Bonapartes, call for no apology;

Product details

• Authors: Williams, H. Noel Williams, Hugh Noel Williams, Hugh Noel (Phd Williams
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138567078
• ISBN: 978-1-138-56707-8
• No. of pages: 434
• Series: Routledge Revivals; Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Biography: historical, political & military, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Europe / France, HISTORY / Women, Biography: historical, political and military