The Last Days of Napoleon; Memoirs of the Last Two Years of Napoleon's Exile Volume 18 epub

The Last Days of Napoleon; Memoirs of the Last Two Years of Napoleon's Exile Volume 18 by Francesco Antommarchi

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Author: Francesco Antommarchi
Page Count: 80 pages
Published Date: 13 Sep 2013
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781230003016
File Name: The.Last.Days.of.Napoleon;.Memoirs.of.the.Last.Two.Years.of.Napoleon's.Exile.Volume.18.pdf
Download Link: The Last Days of Napoleon; Memoirs of the Last Two Years of Napoleon's Exile Volume 18
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1826 edition. Excerpt: ..." government. But if winds had been favour', ' able, if the dispatches to Cittadella had ar"rived before me, all my plans might have " been defeated, and France from that moment " would have become a prey to the emigrants." Napoleon had often spoken to me of the intrigues which had agitated his reign, and.accomplished, at last, his downfall. He was acquainted with them all; knew the leaders, their accomplices, and the places where they met. " During the hundred days I followed " their movements," said he; " I saw them run " from my presence to their assemblies; and I " might have punished, for I held the docu" ments which convicted them. These docu" ments had reached me in a singular manner. " A foreign oflicer of rank, whose situation " obliged him to listen to these plots, was in" dignant on seeing men whom I had created " conspire to effect my ruin. He demanded " an audience, delivered up all the plans to me, " and protested that if ever his troops should be " in the line of battle I might reckon upon him. " I was deeply affected, and was on the point " of casting these wretches back into the mire " from which I had raised-. them; but the crisis " approached, it was necessary to conquer, and " I postponed this signal act of national justice " until after the enemy should be defeated. " The enemy, however, was not defeated; mea" sures were too well concerted, and I fell. " Ah, Doctor! how many contemptible beings " surrounded me! But if fortune had not be" trayed our courage, if we had conquered at " Waterloo, every thing would have been...

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