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Title: The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
Author: John Holland Rose
Release Date: December 7, 2004 [EBook #14290]
Language: English
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LONDON: G. BELL & SONS, LIMITED,
PORTUGAL STREET, KINGSWAY, W.C.
CAMBRIDGE: DEIGHTON, BELL & CO.
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN CO.
BOMBAY: A.H. WHEELER & CO.
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON I
INCLUDING NEW MATERIALS FROM THE BRITISH OFFICIAL RECORDS
BY
JOHN HOLLAND ROSE, LITT.D. LATE SCHOLAR OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
"Let my son often read and reflect on history: this is the only
true philosophy."--_Napoleon's last Instructions for the King of
Rome_.
VOL. II
LONDON G. BELL AND SONS, LTD 1910
POST 8VO EDITION,
ILLUSTRATED
First Published, December 1901.
Second Edition, revised, March 1902.
Third Edition, revised, January 1903.
Fourth Edition, revised,September 1907.
Reprinted, January 1910.
CROWN 8VO EDITION
First Published, September 1904.
Reprinted, October 1907;
July 1910.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
XXII. ULM AND TRAFALGAR
XXIII. AUSTERLITZ
XXIV. PRUSSIA AND THE NEW CHARLEMAGNE
XXV. THE FALL OF PRUSSIA
XXVI. THE CONTINENTAL SYSTEM: FRIEDLAND
XXVII. TILSIT
XXVIII. THE SPANISH RISING
XXIX. ERFURT
XXX. NAPOLEON AND AUSTRIA
XXXI. THE EMPIRE AT ITS HEIGHT
XXXII. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN
XXXIII. THE FIRST SAXON CAMPAIGN
XXXIV. VITTORIA AND THE ARMISTICE
XXXV. DRESDEN AND LEIPZIG
XXXVI. FROM THE RHINE TO THE SEINE
XXXVII. THE FIRST ABDICATION
XXXVIII. ELBA AND PARIS
XXXIX. LIGNY AND QUATRE BRAS
XL. WATERLOO
XLI. FROM THE ELYSEE TO ST. HELENA
XLII. CLOSING YEARS
APPENDIX I: LIST OF THE CHIEF APPOINTMENTS
AND DIGNITIES BESTOWED BY NAPOLEON
APPENDIX II: THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO
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