Chapter THIRTY-FIVE

1763–1814

JOSÉPHINE’S PERSONALITY

Her Connection with Martinique--Her Statue at
Fort-de-France--Her Legend--Her Claims to Beauty--Her
Intellect--Her Prodigality--Her Personal Magnetism--Her
Affections--Her Desire to Please--Her Falsehoods--Her Final
Deception--Her Succession--Fate of Her Homes--Napoleon’s
Last Visit to Malmaison--The _Souvenir de Malmaison_ 375

BIBLIOGRAPHY 385

INDEX 389

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Joséphine _Frontispiece_

General Bonaparte 58

Joséphine at Malmaison 78

Napoleon, First Consul 88

Château of Malmaison 94

Château of Saint-Cloud 114

Napoleon 154

Facsimile of Letter of Napoleon 186

Louis, King of Holland 198

Queen Hortense 226

Château of Fontainebleau 240

Fouché, Duc d’Otrante 252

Empress Joséphine 288

Facsimile of Letter of Joséphine 334

Eugène de Beauharnais 356

NAPOLEON AND JOSÉPHINE

THE RISE OF THE EMPIRE