Life of Napoleon

by Ida M. Tarbell

War & Military Biography & Autobiography History

33 chapters11h 36mEnglish1905

About this book

Ida Tarbell is best known today as the investigative journalist whose pieces on workings of the Standard Oil Company led to the creation of the Federal Trade Commission and the Clayton Antitrust Act. She was also an acclaimed biographer, known for her extensive works on the lives of Lincoln and Napoleon. Her research is exhaustive, and her prose is brisk and engaging. This biography finishes with an 115 page "sketch" of the Empress Josephine. - Summary by Ciufi Galeazzi

Chapters (33)

1Chapter I. Napoleon's Youth and Early Surroundings - His School Days at Brienne

957

2Chapter II. Napoleon in Paris - Lieutenant of Artillery - Literary Work - Napoleon and the Revolution

1628

3Chapter III. Napoleon and Robespierre - Out of Work - General-in-Chief of the Army of the Interior

950

4Chapter IV. Napoleon's Courtship and Marriage - His Devotion to Josephine

827

5Chapter V. The First Italian Campaign - Napoleon's Way of Making War

3074

6Chapter VI. Napoleon's Return to Paris - The Egyptian Campaign - The 18th Brumaire

1357

7Chapter VII. Statesman and Lawgiver- The Finances- The Industries- The Public Works

1178

8Chapter VIII. Return of the Émigrés.—The Concordat.—Legion of Honor.—Code Napoleon

1382

9Chapter IX. Opposition to the Centralization of the Government - Prosperity of France

810

10Chapter X. Preparation for War with England - Flotilla at Boulogne - Sale of Louisiana

697

11Chapter XI. Emperor of the French People - King of Italy

1306

12Chapter XII. Campaigns of 1805, 1806,1807 - Peace of Tilsit

1484

13Chapter XIII. Extension of Napoleon's Empire - Family Affairs

998

14Chapter XIV. The Berlin Decree-War in the Peninsula- The Bonapartes on the Spanish Throne

778

15Chapter XV. Disasters in Spain - Erfurt Meeting - Napoleon at Madrid

956

16Chapter XVI. Talleyrand's Treachery - Campaign of 1809

781

17Chapter XXVII. The Divorce - A New Wife - An Heir to the Crown

707

18Chapter XVIII. Trouble with the Pope - The Conscription - Evasions of the Blockade - The Tilsit Agreement Broken

694

19Chapter XIX. Russian Campaign - Burning of Moscow - A New Army

970

20Chapter XX. Campaign of 1813 - Campaign of 1814 - Abdication

1130

21Chapter XXI. Ruler of the Island of Elba - Return to Paris - The Hundred Days - The Second Abdication

1002

22Chapter XXII. Napoleon's Surrender to England - Sent to St. Helena - Life in Exile - Death of Napoleon

1147

23Chapter XXIII. The Second Funeral of Napoleon - Removal of Napoleon's Remains from St. Helena to the Banks of the Seine in 1840

2651

24Life of Josephine, Chapter I Family - Early Surroundings - Eugene di Beauharnais - Marriage - Separation from her Husband

1070

25Life of Josephine, Chapter 2 Josephine in the Revolution- Imprisoned at Les Carmes-Struggle for Existence - Marriage with Bonaparte

1525

26Life of Josephine, Chapter 3 Bonaparte Goes to Italy—Josephine at Milan 1796–1797—Triumphal Tour in Italy—Bonaparte Leaves for Egypt

1753

27Life of Josephine, Chapter 4 Bonaparte is Made First Consul—Josephine’s Tact in Public Life—Her Personal Charm—Malmaison

1117

28Life of Josephine, Chapter 5. The Question of Succession- Marriage of Hortense - Josephine Empress of the French People- The Coronation

1557

29Life of Josephine, Chapter 6. Etiquette Regulating Josephine's Life - Royal Journeys - Tact of the Empress - Extravagance in Dress

1567

30Life of Josephine, Chapter 7. Josephine Not Allowed to Go to Poland - Fear of Divorce - The Reconciliation of 1807-1808 - The Campaign of 1809 and Its Effect on Napoleon

1429

31Life of Josephine, Chapter 8. Josephine's Unhappiness- Napoleon's View of a Divorce - The Way in Which the Divorce Was Effected

1109

32Life of Josephine, Chapter 9. After the Divorce - Josephine's Suspicions of the Emperor - Her Gradual Return to Happiness

1708

33Life of Josephine, Chapter 10 Effect on Josephine of Disasters in Russia - Anxiety During Campaign of 1813 - Flight from Paris - Death in 1814

1464

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