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Life of the empress Josephine wife of Napoleon I.

Title
Life of the empress Josephine [electronic resource] : wife of Napoleon I.
Author
Hartley, Cecil B.
Publication
Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, c1870

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Description
1 online resource (377 p., [1] leaf of plates) : port.
Series Statement
  • Alta edition
  • Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Uniform Title
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.
Subject
  • Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Marriage
Note
  • Reproduction of the original from the Ida Rust MacPherson Collection, Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College.
Contents
Josephine : her birth and parentage -- Arrest and imprisonment of the Viconte de Beauharnais -- Beauharnais charged with conspiracy -- The prison of the Carmelites -- Josephine in the prison of the Carmelites -- State of affairs after Robespierre's death -- Commencement of Josephine's acquaintance with Napoleon -- Residence of Josephine at Plombieres -- State of France on Napoleon's return from Egypt -- Residence at Malmaison -- Josephine and Napoleon leave Boulogne, journeying through Picardy -- Excursion of Josephine to the Netherlands -- Preparations for the coronation -- Death of Napoleon Charles, the destined heir of Napoleon -- Napoleon's ambition -- Grand dinner at the mayor of Evreux -- Josephine's pursuits at Navarre.
OCLC
  • 298053974
  • NCCO2002664
Author
Hartley, Cecil B.
Title
Life of the empress Josephine [electronic resource] : wife of Napoleon I.
Imprint
Philadelphia : Porter & Coates, c1870 (Caxton Press)
Series
Alta edition
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks
Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Women: Transnational Networks.
Local Note
Scanned copy imperfect: some pages closely cropped with loss of text.
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