No. 5. TO THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE, AT MALMAISON. Fontainebleau, 16th April 1814. My dear Josephine,-I wrote to you on the 8th instant (it was on a Friday). You have perhaps not received my letter; fighting was still going on; it is possible that it may have been stopped on its way. The communications must now be re-established. My determination is taken; I have no doubt of this note coming to your hands. I do not repeat what I have already told you. I then complained of my situation; I now rejoice at it. My mind and attention are relieved from an enormous weight; my downfall is great, but it is at least said to be productive of good. The In my retreat I intend to substitute the pen for the sword. history of my reign will gratify the cravings of curiosity. Hitherto, I have only been seen in profile; I will now show myself in full to the world. What facts have I not to disclose! how many men are incorrectly estimated! I have heaped favours upon a countless number of wretches; what have they latterly done for me? They have all betrayed me, one and all, save and except the excellent Eugène, so worthy of you and of me. May he ever enjoy happiness under a sovereign fully competent to appreciate the feelings of nature and of honour! Adieu, my dear Josephine; follow my example and be resigned. Never dismiss from your recollection one who has never forgotten, and never will forget you! Farewell, Josephine. NAPOLEON. P.S.-I expect to hear from you when I shall have reached the island of Elba. I am far from being in good health. INDEX OF PERSONS Excluding Napoleon and JOSEPHINE, which occur on nearly every page. ABERCROMBY, Sir Ralph, 49 Abrantès, Mdme. Junot, Duchesse d', 190, 199, 229, 230, 231, 242, 247, Agrippina, 312 Ainger, Canon, 298 Albufera, Duke of. (See Suchet) Alison, Sir A. (historian), 74, 119, 255, Alvinzi, Marshal, 30, 34, 35, 218, 221, Amand, Saint, see S. Imbert de (author), 4, 172, 199, 212, 221, 223, 243, 245, Amelia (daughter of Eugène), 313 Arch-Chancellor. (See Cambacérès) Arnault (author), 212 Aubenas, 172, 200, 201, 216, 225, 226, Madame Lalaing, Viscountess d', Augustus, Emperor, 52, 228 Austria, Emperor of, 186, 197, 218, 223, 240 Empress of, 186 Avrillon, Mlle. d', 82, 174, 225, 233, BACCIOLI, Eliza (Bonaparte), 63, 122 Grand Duchess of. (See Beauhar- Prince of, 242, 243, 245, 270 Baird, General Sir David, 42, 49, 143 Barante, De (Prefect of Geneva), 309, Barbier (Napoleon's librarian), 307 Bausset (Prefect of Imperial Palace), Bavaria, Elector, then King of, 77, Electress, then Queen of, 70, 161, Prince Royal of, 281 6, 21, 31, 44, 51, 58, 59, 60, 63, 66, 195, 196, 197, 216, 224, 228, 229, Hortense, 6, 10, 11, 12, 31, 44, Stephanie, 78, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, Fanny (daughter of Count), 243 Beaulieu, General, 6, 7, 10, 11, 38, 204, Bellegarde, General, 49, 195, 197 Berg, Napoleon Louis, Grand Duke of, 82, 137, 144, 147, 148, 150, 172, Bernadotte, Marshal, 38, 41, 57, 80, Desirée (née Clary), 38, 246, 313 Billington, Mistress, 224 Bingham, Captain D. A., 204, 208, 256 Bonaparte, Joseph (King of Spain), 21, Louis, 50, 53, 59, 77, 172, 173, - Jerome (King of Westphalia), 117 Lucien, 228, 229, 230, 247, 253, Caroline. (See Murat, Madame) Bonpland, Aimé, 226 Boubers, Countess de, 308 Bourbon, Duchesse de, 302 Brizzi, 89 Brock, General, 187 "Pierre le Brotonne, L. de, 190, 238, 260, 310 Bruix, Admiral, 232 Brune, Marshal, 34, 41, 43, 49, 57, Brunswick, Duke of, 245 Bulow, General von, 192, 194, 196 Burke, Edmund, 38 Buxhowden, General, 72, 90 Byron, Lord, 183, 314 "B- 175 (probably Bourrienne), 60, CABARRUS, M. DE, 248 Cadoudal, Georges (Vendéan chief and Cæsar, Julius, 232, 281, 286, 293 Cambacérès, Arch-Chancellor, 108, 114, Chabran, 219 Chambry, M., 58 Champagny, De (Duc de Cadore), 153, Charles, Archduke, 19, 25, 34, 38, 42, Charles XII., 185. (See Sweden, King Chauvet, 7, 199, 200 Chimay, Prince de, 248 Clarke, General, 196, 210, 221, 291, Decrès, Vice-Admiral, Minister of Desaix, General, 14, 41, 42, 44, 46, Eugène, Prince of Savoy, 286 Hortense, Princess, 277 FAIPOULT, Citizen, 204 Prince of Asturias (afterwards Fesch, Cardinal, 302 Fitzgerald, Lord Edward, 41 Fouché (de Nantes, Duke of Otranto), 277, 279, 292, 294, 295, 297, 302, Fox, C. J., 77 Foy, General, 191, 196 Francis II., Emperor of Austria (and Franck, Doctor, 289 Frederick the Great, 67, 249, 283, 286 Frederick William II., 38. (See Prussia, Frederick William III., 38. (See Friand, General, 185 Fulton, Robert, 235 GAUDIN, Duke of Gaeta, 292 Genlis, Mdme. de, 318 George II. (See England, King of) Germany, Emperor of. (See Austria, Gillray, James, 248 Giraudin, Stanislaus, 261 Godoy, Don Manuel, Prince of the Peace, 77, 123, 125 Graham, Colonel, 35, 192, 214, 215 |