NAPOLEON
Napoleon went forth to seek Virtue, but, since she was not to be found, he got Power.—GOETHE.
NAPOLEON
By EMIL LUDWIG
Translated by EDEN and CEDAR PAUL
NEW YORK BONI & LIVERIGHT 1926
Copyright, 1926, by BONI AND LIVERIGHT, INC.
First Printing, December, 1926 Second Printing, January, 1927 Third Printing, January, 1927 Fourth Printing, March, 1927 Fifth Printing, May, 1927 Sixth Printing, July, 1927 Seventh Printing, September, 1927 Eighth Printing, November, 1927 Ninth Printing, December, 1927 Tenth Printing, December, 1927 Eleventh Printing, January, 1928 Twelfth Printing, January, 1928 Thirteenth Printing, March, 1928
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To
ELGA LUDWIG
Moscia. Summer 1924
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ix
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE xi
BOOK ONE
THE ISLAND 3
BOOK TWO
THE TORRENT 55
BOOK THREE
THE RIVER 165
BOOK FOUR
THE SEA 357
BOOK FIVE
THE ROCK 545
ENVOY 679
AUTHOR’S ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 683
INDEX 685
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
Buonaparte in 1783. The first known portrait, drawn by his fellow-countryman Pontornini. Musée Nationale, Versailles 4
General Bonaparte in 1797. After a painting by Jean Guérin. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 36 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)
General Bonaparte in 1796. Engraving from the Kircheisen Collection 68
General Bonaparte. Unfinished portrait by Jacques Louis David. From the collection of the Duke of Bassano 100 (Photograph by Braun, Paris and Dornach.)
General Bonaparte in 1797. Drawing by Wocher in Basle. Town Library, Basle 140
General Bonaparte in 1798, during the voyage to Egypt. Sketch by André Dutertre 156
Bonaparte as First Consul. Painting by Girodet. Musée Nationale, Versailles 196 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)
Bonaparte as First Consul. Pencil sketch by J. D. A. Ingres. Germain Bapst Collection 228 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)
Bonaparte in 1802, as First Consul. Engraving by Alexandre Tardieu. After a drawing by Jean Baptiste Isabey 260
Bonaparte as First Consul. Painting by J. D. A. Ingres. Musée de Liége 292 (Photograph by Braun, Paris and Dornach.)
The Coronation. Detail from the picture by Jacques Louis David. Louvre, Paris 324 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)
Napoleon as Emperor. Painting by Vigneux. Count Primoli Collection 356 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)
Napoleon as Emperor. Bust by Houdon, Musée de Dijon 388 (Photograph by J. E. Bulloz, Paris.)
The Emperor’s profile. Sketched during Mass in the Tuileries. Germain Bapst Collection 420 (Photograph in the Kircheisen Collection.)
Napoleon as Emperor in 1809. Woodcut from a medal by J. P. Droz 452
Napoleon as Emperor. Engraving by Bourgeois, after a painting by Jacques Louis David 484 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)
Napoleon as Emperor in 1814. Painting by Horace Vernet. Tate Gallery, London 516 (From the “Corpus Imaginum” of the Photographic Society, Charlottenburg.)
Napoleon as Emperor in 1815. Engraving by Robert Lefèvre, after a painting by Muneret 548
Napoleon as Emperor in 1815. Woodcut, after a medal 580
Napoleon at St. Helena. Watercolour painting, probably by a Japanese, with a marginal inscription in Chinese ideographs concerning the owner. Broadley Collection 612
Death mask of Napoleon. By Dr. Antommarchi 644
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE