Napoleon: A Short Biography

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Holt, 1904 - France - 248 pages
 

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Page 237 - It is my wish that my ashes may repose on the banks of the Seine, in the midst of the French people, whom I have loved so well.
Page 109 - He arrived there on the night of the 19th, was conveyed to the fort of Vincennes, tried by a subservient courtmartial in the course of the same night, sentenced to death on no evidence, and shot at dawn. This crime, the most obvious blot on Napoleon's name, produced a wave of indignation that swept all Europe including France. Not one of the First Consul's supporters approved the act, most of them regretted or repudiated it. Chateaubriand resigned from the diplomatic service; Talleyrand sententiously...
Page 121 - Soldiers of the Grand Army ! In a fortnight we have finished a campaign : we have expelled the troops of the house of Austria from Bavaria, and re-established our ally in the sovereignty of his estates.

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