Memoirs of the Empress Josephine, with anecdotes of the courts of Navarre and Malmaison ..

Georgette Ducrest

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• Langue: English
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V,5 —LETTER XV. Madame de Beauharnais to her aunt,
madame de Beauliarnais. 104Fanny
—CETTER XVI. Madame de beauharnais to her aunt.
— —Louis the Insolence of the manLower-Rhine).(of —who is with the of the Reflec-prisons.charged police —M. de Cler-tions and theconcerning- prisons galleys.
mont-Tonnerre. 108
LETTER XVII.—To the same —Visit of M. de Beau-
—harnais' children to their father. Their conversation
with him. 117
LETTER XVIII.—To citizen Dorat Cubieres. 122
LETTER XIX.— To citizen 125Prosper Sijas.
LETTER XX.—To her children and Hortense. 128Eugene
—LETTER XXI. To citizen Alexander de beauhar-
— —nais. A book theToniy's history. containing gospel—is with Madame depierced daggers. Soyecourt,—abbess of the Carmelite convent. Praiseworthy
conduct of M. de when ofChevcrus, bishop
— —Montauban. The duke de la Force. Acts of bene-
volence their theperformed by bignesses Dauphi-royal —Madame and mademoiselle d'Orleans. Theness,
duke de Doudeauville. 130
—LETTER XXII. de Beauharnais to his wife. 152M.
LETTER XXIII.— To Hortense de Beauharnais. 154
—LETTER XXIV. Madame dk beauharnais to her
— —husband. entertained the MadameHopes by prisoners. ——de Can. ... at the She loses her senses.Salpetriere.
B. .The duchess de M . . . . and M. de . . become insane
— —in the 1815. Madame de C-... M.year (George)
Ons 156'
LETTER XXV.—To madame de Beauharnais. 16'2Fanny
— XXVI. Last letter from m. de beauhar-
—nais to ii is wife. We return to France a few days— —before the 18th fructidor. Our alarm. Banishment
of MM. Barbe-Marbois and 165Lacretelle, Barthelemy.VI CONTENTS.
Page
LETTER XXVII.—Madame To madame fanny de***,
beauharnais.— Louis de Girardin. 178
—LETTER XXVIII. Madame de beauharnais to her—children. Monsieur de Gallifet. 181
—LETTER XXIX. To madame fanny de deauiiarnais.—Trait of filial inaffection de Beauharnais.Eugene 18!>
—LETTER XXX. Madame de beauharnais to ma-
—dame ***. She hesitates to the hand ofaccept general— Mesdames V*** andBonaparte. D***, Napoleon's
mistresses. 192
—LETTER Madame bonaparte toXXXI. general
——bonaparte. due d'A-Junot,Napoleon's jealousy.— — —brantes. The duchess d'Abrantes. Her extravagance.— ofThe duke de Reverse fortune bvRaguse. experienced
—Her turnsthe duchess d'Abrantes. nun. 201daughter
—LETTER XXXII. To eugene beauharnais in egypt.— — —Mademoiselle Beauharnais. Her MM.progress.
and Labarre.Erard, Petzold, Dietz,Pape,Pleyel, Foignet,— —Bertrand andMesdeinoiselles CachmereDesargus.
shawls sent to MesdamesJosephine, Bourienne, Hamelin,——Visconti. of the shawls. Patterns sentBeauty empress''
—her to Sale at Malmaison. 211by Constantinople.-
—To the minister of —LETTER XXXIII police. M.
— —MM. de andThuriot Villeneuve, Coster-Saint-Victor.
—Madame Coster a to the Consul.presents painting Sharp
of a on the trial of thecounsellor, personsreplv implicated
infernal machine.in the of the 221conspiracy
—LETTER To the countess de ***. Made-XXXIV—
***moiselle is refused the situation ofdame du palais.
— —Madame de Montesson. Mesdeinoiselles de Valence
and Ducrest. 227
—To madame ***. 230LETTER XXXV.
LETTER To the ***. —PrincessXXXVI.— countess
— Mesdeinoiselles de Gruau andMackau,Stephanie.—MM. de and Pradhcr. 232Foncier, Philidor,Bourjoli.
236LETTER XXXVII.—To madame de M***.VllCONTENTS.
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XXXVIII.— To madame ***.— MesdamesLETTER
de de ded'Audenarde, Vieil-Castel, Colbert,d'Arberg, — •de MM. andHoRemusat, Bonplan, DeschampsSegur.
reau. Count Octave de 241S^gur.
—LETTER XXXIX. The empress Josephine to napo-
the establishmentleon.. . Details at Na-respecting
— —d'Andlau. Thevarre Mesdames d'Audenarde, abbe's
—and The duchessde Saint-Albin Saint-Farre. dowager
250of Orleans.
— empress Josephine to theLETTER XL. The empe-
—Birth of the of Rome.ror napoleon. 258king
—LETTER XLI. The to theempress Josephine emperor
at the island of Elba. 262Napoleon,
— the empress to theLETTER XLII. From emperor.—
The uneasiness health.emperor's concerning Josephine's—— —troubles. determination. TheFamily Josephine's— — —of PrincessNaples. Borghcse. King Joseph.queen — HerThe of Wales. conductprincess extraordinary
—her residence at Present made her toduring Naples. by —the ladies of honour in attendance about her person.—her to madame d'Alincourt. PrincessHarp given by—Charlotte. General at her death. 265mourning
—LETTER XLIII. From the empress Josephine to
— —M.the emperor. Pierlot. toJosephine's anxiety— —her will. The hermake wish. Theemperor opposes— —and of M. Horeau.Naples, Present madeking queen —
to him the He does not avail himselfempress. of it.by
— The countess d'Arberg. 274
—LETTER XLIV. From the empress Josephine to the
—emperor. The sees the of Rome atempress king— —Madame de TheMontesquiou. infantsBagatelle. royal— Hisof France. the duke deroyal highness Berry—Madame. Their acts ofand benevolence. 281
—LETTER XLV. The empress Josephine to thb em-— —peror. Defection of the of Theking em-Naples.
defends ofthe the ofpress queen Naples against charge
an in her husband's —conduct. Herbeing accomplice
advice to the 292emperor Napoleon.Vlll CONTENTS.
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—LETTER The empress Josephine to princeXLVI.
—vice-roy of A delivers toItaly.EUGENE, stranger
an letter from Beauharnais.Josephine autograph general— —The unknown declines aperson accepting present.— —of the letter. The Primate. Jose-princeCopy Freyre,—
valet de chambre. M. thephine's Mejan, pri-vice-roy's— anecdote.vate 298secretary. Affecting
LETTER The empress to ***.—XLVIL— m. Entrance
—of the M. Anatole de la Woestine. 211king.
—Conclusion. and letters addresseDisgraceful proposals
to the author on the of these Memoirs. 319subject
OF CONTENTS TO THE THIRD AND LAST VOI/UME.END