Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte - Complete

Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne

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First published in 1831, this book contains the complete memoirs of Louis-Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne (1769—1834), a French diplomat who worked as secretary to Napoleon Bonaparte. In his memoirs, Bourrienne provides an intimate and vivid account of his contact with Napoleon and many close to him including his mother, siblings, his first wife Joséphine de Beauharnais, and other notable politicians and eminent people. A fascinating insight into the life and mind of one of France's most famous historical figures not to be missed by those with an interest in European history. Napoléon Bonaparte (1769–1821) was a French political and military leader during the Revolutionary Wars who ruled as Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and again in 1815. Winning the vast amount of battles against a series of coalitions in the Napoleonic Wars, he was able to establish a large empire covering continental Europe that lasted until its collapse in 1815. Napoléon is regarded as being among the greatest military commanders in history, and is still a celebrated yet controversial political figure. Contents include: “Volume I, 1769–1800”, “Volume II, 1800–1803”, “Volume III, 1805–1814”, and “Volume IV, 1814–1821”. Read & Co. History is proudly republishing these classic memoirs now in a new edition complete with an introductory chapter by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Sujets

• Napoleón Bonaparte
• Napoleon I
• Totalitarianism
• Animal Farm
• Napoléon Ier

Informations

• Publié par: Read Books Ltd.
• Date de parution: 06 mai 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781528792462
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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M EMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
COMPLETE
By
LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE
WITH AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON

First published in 1831





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Contents
THE DEATH O F NAPOLEON
By Isaa c Mclellan
NAPOLEON — MAN OF THE WORLD
By Ralph Wal do Emerson
PREFACE 18 36 EDITION
PREFACE 18 85 EDITION
AUTHOR'S IN TRODUCTION
NOTE
VOLUME I
1769-1800
CHAPTER 1 1769-1783
CHAPTER II 1784-1794
CHAPTER III 1794-1795
CHAPTER IV 1795-1797
CHAP TER V 1797
CHAPT ER VI 1797
CHAPTE R VII 1797
CHAPTER VIII 1797
CHAPT ER IX 1797
CHAP TER X 1797
CHAPT ER XI 1797
CHAPTE R XII 1798
CHAPTER XIII 1798
CHAPTE R XIV 1798
CHAPT ER XV 1798
CHAPTE R XVI 1798
CHAPTER XVII 1798-1799
CHAPTER XVIII 1799
CHAPTE R XIX 1799
CHAPT ER XX 1799
CHAPTE R XXI 1799
CHAPTER XXII 1799
CHAPTER XXIII 1799
CHA PTER XXIV
CHAPTE R XXV 1799
CHAPTER XXVI 1799
CHAPTER XXVII 1799-1800
CHAPTER X XVIII 1800
CHAPTER XXIX 1800
CHAPTE R XXX 1800
CHAPTER XXXI 1800
CHAPTER XXXII 1800
CHAPTER X XXIII 1800
CHAPTER XXXIV 1800
CHAPTER XXXV 1800
VOLUME II
1800-1803
CHAP TER I 1800
CHAPT ER II 1800
CH APTER III
CHAPTER IV 1800-1801
CHAPTER V 1801-1802
CHAPT ER VI 1802
CHAPTE R VII 1802
CHAPTER VIII 1802-1803
CHAPT ER IX 1802
CHAP TER X 1802
CHAPT ER XI 1802
CHAPTE R XII 1802
CHAPTER XIII 1802-1803
CHAPTER XIV 1802-1803
CHAPT ER XV 1802
CHAPTE R XVI 1802
CHAPTER XVII 1803
CHAPTER XVIII 1803
CHAPTE R XIX 1803
CHAPT ER XX 1803
CHAPTE R XXI 1804
CHAPTER XXII 1804
CHAPTER XXIII 1804
CHAPTER XXIV 1804
CHAPTE R XXV 1804
CHAPTER XXVI 1804
CHAPTER XXVII 1804
CHAPTER X XVIII 1804
CHAPTER XXIX 1804
CHAPTE R XXX 1805
CHAPTER XXXI 1805
CHAPTER XXXII 1805
CHAPTER X XXIII 1805
CHAPTER XXXIV 1805
VOLUME III
1805-1814
CHAP TER I 1805
CHAPT ER II 1805
CHAPTE R III 1805
CHAPT ER IV 1805
CHAPTER V 1805-1806
CHAPT ER VI 1806
CHAPTE R VII 1806
CHAPTER VIII 1806
CHAPT ER IX 1806
CHAPTER X 1806-1807
CHAPT ER XI 1807
CHAPTE R XII 1807
CHAPTER XIII 1807-1808
CHAPTE R XIV 1808
CHAPT ER XV 1808
CHAPTE R XVI 1808
CHAPTER XVII 1808
CHAPTER XVIII 1809
CHAPTE R XIX 1809
CHAPT ER XX 1809
CHAPTE R XXI 1809
CHAP XXII 1809-1810
CHAPTER XXIII 1810
CHAPTER XXIV 1811
CH APTER XXV
CH APTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII 1812
CHAPTER X XVIII 1813
CHAPTER XXIX 1813
CHAPTE R XXX 1813
CHAPTER XXXI 1813
CHAPTER XXXII 1813-1814
CHAPTER X XXIII 1814
CHAPTER XXXIV 1814
CHAPTER XXXV 1814
CHAPTER XXXVI 1814
VOLUME IV
1814-1821
CHAP TER I 1814
CHAPT ER II 1814
CHAPTE R III 1814
CHAPTER IV 1814-1815
CHAP TER V 1815
CHAPT ER VI 1815
CHAPTE R VII 1815
CHAPTER VIII 1815
CHAPT ER IX 1815
CHAP TER X 1815
CHAPT ER XI 1815
C HAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII 1815-1821


THE DEATH O F NAPOLEON
By Isaa c Mclellan
Wild was the night, yet a wilder night
Hung round the soldier's pillow;
In his bosom there waged a fiercer fight
Than the fight on the wrathful billow.

A few fond mourners were kneeling by,
The few that his stern heart cherished;
They knew, by his glazed and unearthly eye,
That life had nearly perished.

They knew by his awful and kingly look,
By the order hastily spoken,
That he dreamed of days when the nations shook,
And the nations' hosts were broken.

He dreamed that the Frenchman's sword still slew,
And triumphed the Frenchman's eagle,
And the struggling Austrian fled anew,
Like the hare before the beagle.

The bearded Russian he scourged again,
The Prussian's camp was routed,
And again on the hills of haughty Spain
His mighty armies shouted.

Over Egypt's sands, over Alpine snows,
At the pyramids, at the mountain,
Where the wave of the lordly Danube flows,
And by the Italian fountain,

On the snowy cliffs where mountain streams
Dash by the Switzer's dwelling,
He led again, in his dying dreams,
His hosts, the proud earth quelling.

Again Marengo's field was won,
And Jena's bloody battle;
Again the world was overrun,
Made pale at his cannon's rattle.

He died at the close of that darksome day,
A day that shall live in story;
In the rocky land they placed his clay,
And left him alone with his glory."
A poem from Poems That Every Child Should Know, 1904


NAPOLEON — MAN OF THE WORLD
By Ralph Wal do Emerson
Among the eminent persons of the nineteenth century, Bonaparte is far the best known and the most powerful; and owes his predominance to the fidelity with which he expresses the tone of thought and belief, the aims of the masses of active and cultivated men. It is Swedenborg's theory that every organ is made up of homogeneous particles; or as it is sometimes expressed, every whole is made of similars; that is, the lungs are composed of infinitely small lungs; the liver, of infinitely small livers; the kidney, of little kidneys, etc. Following this analogy, if any man is found to carry with him the power and affections of vast numbers, if Napoleon is France, if Napoleon is Europe, it is because the people whom he sways are little Napoleons.
In our society there is a standing antagonism between the conservative and the democratic classes; between those who have made their fortunes, and the young and the poor who have fortunes to make; between the interests of dead labor,- that is, the labor of hands long ago still in the grave, which labor is now entombed in money stocks, or in land and buildings owned by idle capitalists,- and the interests of living labor, which seeks to possess itself of land and buildings and money stocks. The first class is timid, selfish, illiberal, hating innovation, and continually losing numbers by death. The second class is selfish also, encroaching, bold, self-relying, always outnumbering the other and recruiting its numbers every hour by births. It desires to keep open every avenue to the competition of all, and to multiply avenues: the class of business men in America, in England, in France and throughout Europe; the class of industry and skill. Napoleon is its representative. The instinct of active, brave, able men, throughout the middle class everywhere, has pointed out Napoleon as the incarnate Democrat. He had their virtues and their vices; above all, he had their spirit or aim. That tendency is material, pointing at a sensual success and employing the richest and most various means to that end; conversant with mechanical powers, highly intellectual, widely and accurately learned and skilful, but subordinating all intellectual and spiritual forces into means to a material success. To be the rich man, is the end. "God has granted," says the Koran, "to every people a prophet in its own tongue." Paris and London and New York, the spirit of commerce, of money and material power, were also to have their prophet; and Bonaparte was qualified and sent.
Every one of the million readers of anecdotes or memoirs or lives of Napoleon, delights in the page, because he studies in it his own history. Napoleon is thoroughly modern, and, at the highest point of his fortunes, has the very spirit of the newspapers. He is no saint,- to use his own word, "no capuchin," and he is no hero, in the high sense. The man in the street finds in him the qualities and powers of other men in the street. He finds him, like himself, by birth a citizen, who, by very intelligible merits, arrived at such a commanding position that he could indulge all those tastes which the common man possesses but is obliged to conceal and deny: good society, good books, fast travelling, dress, dinners, servants without number, personal weight, the execution of his ideas, the standing in the attitude of a benefactor to all persons about him, the refined enjoyments of pictures, statues, music, palaces and conventional honors,- precisely what is agreeable to the heart of every man in the nineteenth century, this powerful man possessed.
It is true that a man of Napoleon's truth of adaptation to the mind of the masses around him, becomes not merely representative but actually a monopolizer and usurper of other minds. Thus Mirabeau plagiarized every good thought, every good word that was spoken in France. Dumont relates that he sat in the gallery of the Convention and heard Mirabeau make a speech. It struck Dumont that he could fit it