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Title: The women Bonapartes: the mother and three sisters of Napoléon I
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Williams, H. Noel (Hugh Noel), 1870-1925
Subjects: Bonaparte family Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's sons
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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tly, hasno right to take that place away from me ; I didnot receive it from him ; it was a treaty with theKing of Prussia that gave it to me. Napoleon,who had made the treaty in question, was of adifferent opinion, and wrote to Murat that his in-gratitude made him blush for him. Altogether,it was well for Murat that the outbreak of warwith Prussia came to divert his Majestys mind tomatters of more importance than his brother-in-laws pretensions, and to afford the Grand-Dukeopportunities of regaining by his brilliant valourthe goodwill of the Emperor, or it might havetaxed all Carolines diplomatic skill to save thesituation. While Murat was gathering fresh laurels inPrussia and Poland, his wife remained in Paris.The absence of Queen Hortense, the age of theEmpress, who no longer danced, and Paulinesdelicate health, left the field open to her, andshe reigned the undisputed queen of society.Napoleon had given orders that the war was notto be allowed to interrupt the usual winter festivi-
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ANUOCHE JUNOi, IUC IJ AI.RANTKS FROM A I.ITHiiGRAPH BY DF.I.lF.CH THE WOMEN BONAPARTES 6i ties, and, despite of the departure of the Emperorand the greater part of the military element,despite, too, of the fears which must have op-pressed so many hearts, the season was a verygay one. But by far the most brilliant entertain-ments were those given by Caroline, for whoseinvitations all fashionable Paris, with the excep-tion of a few irreconcilables of the FaubourgSaint-Germain, eagerly contended. The GrandDuchess of Berg lived in great splendour at theElys^e. Her beauty was enhanced by the mostexquisite toilettes ;^ her pretensions were great;her manners affable when she thought it prudent,and more than affable to men whom she desiredto fascinate. And the person whom she particularly desiredto fascinate at this juncture was Junot, who hadreplaced Murat as Governor of Paris. Junot wasthen in the very prime of manhood, handsome,tall, well made, brave, chivalrous and open-handed ; in a word

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