Chapter I: Front Matter

[Cover Illustration]

NAPOLEON AND HIS COURT

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

A PAWN AMONG KINGS

NAPOLEON AND
HIS COURT

BY
C. S. FORESTER

WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

METHUEN & CO. LTD.
36 E S S E X S T R E E T, W.C.
L O N D O N

_First Published in 1924_

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN

CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. IN GENERAL....................................... 9
II. THE MAN HIMSELF.................................. 17
III. SOME PALADINS.................................... 25
IV. ONE WIFE......................................... 35
V. THE DIVORCE...................................... 42
VI. ANOTHER WIFE..................................... 47
VII. SOME COURT DETAILS............................... 55
VIII. THE GREATEST PALADIN............................. 67
IX. MORE PALADINS.................................... 80
X. BROTHERS......................................... 95
XI. SISTERS.......................................... 114
XII. STARS OF LESSER MAGNITUDE........................ 133
XIII. WOMEN............................................ 151
XIV. LIKES AND DISLIKES............................... 174
XV. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN............................. 184
XVI. SPOTS IN THE SUN................................. 202
XVII. ST. HELENA....................................... 223
APPENDIX—INCIDENTS AND AUTHORITIES............... 237
INDEX............................................ 245

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
_Page_
EQUESTRIAN GROUP OF NAPOLEON AND HIS STAFF AT
AUSTERLITZ.......................................... front
GENERAL BONAPARTE..................................... 16
PRINCE JOACHIM (MURAT, KING OF THE TWO SICILIES)...... 34
MARIE LOUISE, EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH................... 54
GRAF VON NEIPPERG..................................... 66
EUGÈNE DE BEAUHARNAIS (VICEROY OF ITALY, PRINCE DE
VENISE)............................................. 79
AUGEREAU, DUC DE CASTIGLIONE.......................... 94
JOSEPH NAPOLEON, KING OF NAPLES....................... 113
CAROLINE MURAT........................................ 132
LETIZIA BONAPARTE (MADAME MÈRE)....................... 151
ELISE BACIOCCHI....................................... 151
THE KING OF ROME...................................... 173
PAULINE BORGHESE...................................... 183
DAVOUT (PRINCE D’ECKMÜHL AND DUC D’AUERSTÄDT)......... 201
MASSENA (PRINCE D’ESSLING AND DUC DE RIVOLI).......... 222
LOUIS NAPOLEON, KING OF HOLLAND....................... 236

NOTE.—_The illustrations are reproduced from prints in the
collection of Canon Brook-Jackson, by kind permission._

Napoleon and His Court