Napoleon: His Wives and Women. Christopher Hibbert

      Napoleon

      HIS WIVES AND WOMEN

      Christopher Hibbert

       For Peter and Nanette

       with love

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

The Bonaparte Family Tree

1 THE CREOLE

2 THE DOOMED MARRIAGE

3 THE CITOYENNE BEAUHARNAIS

4 THE CORSICAN BOY

5 A PROSTITUTE AND A PEST

6 THE ‘ADORABLE FRIEND’

7 CHEZ LES PERMONS

8 PARISIAN SALONS

9 ADVENTURES IN ITALY

10 THE SERBELLONI PALACE

11 THE FAVOURITE SISTER

12 CAROLINE

13 ‘PEACE À LA BONAPARTE’

14 LIFE IN THE RUE DE LA VICTOIRE

15 ‘LA PUTANA’

16 A CONVERSATION WITH JUNOT

17 ‘CLEOPATRA’

       18 THE GENERAL’S RETURN

       19 THE COUP

       20 DAYS AT MALMAISON

       21 ASSASSINS AND VICTIMS

       22 MISTRESSES AT COURT

       23 THE IMPERIAL HIGHNESSES AND MADAME MÈRE

       24 CORONATION

       25 ADOPTED AND NATURAL SONS

       26 LIFE AT COURT

       27 MARIE WALEWSKA

       28 PRELIMINARIES OF DIVORCE

       29 SISTERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW

       30 SEPARATION

       31 MARIE-LOUISE

       32 MARRIAGE AND HONEYMOON

       33 THE KING OF ROME

       34 DISASTER IN RUSSIA

       35 FUGITIVES

       36 THE AUSTRIAN EQUERRY

       37 THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE

       38 EXILE ON ELBA

       39 MADAME MÈRE

       40 PAULINE BORGHESE

       41 QUEEN CAROLINE

       42 DEFEAT AND EXILE

       43 ST HELENA

       44 LONGWOOD HOUSE

       45 ‘MACH’ AND ‘SULTANA’

       46 SEXUAL ADVENTURES

       47 DREAMS AND MEMORIES

       48 DEATH OF THE EMPEROR

       49 ELISA AND CAROLINE

       50 PAULINE AND MADAME MÈRE

       EPILOGUE THE RETURN TO PARIS

       APPENDIX POST MORTEM

       THE FATE OF CHARACTERS WHOSE END IS NOT RECORDED IN THE TEXT

       CHRONOLOGY

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