Memoirs of Constant - First Valet de Chambre to the Emperor. Vol II

• Autore: Wairy Louis Constant
• Pubblicazione: San Francisco : , : Wagram Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 pages)
• Disciplina: 940.274092
• Altri autori: MartinElizabeth Gilbert de Saint MartinImbert
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Chapter I -- Sum fixed by the Emperor for his toilet- The budgets retrenched - Settled notions of the Emperor concerning economies- Purveyors and agents responsible- Constant's carriage suppressed by the grand equerry and restored by the Emperor- The Emperor throwing Reparation. -- Chapter II -- The Pope leaves Rome to come and crown the Emperor- He crosses Mont Cenis- His arrival in France- Religious enthusiasm- Meeting of the Pope and the Emperor- Finesses of etiquette- The Emperor's respect for the Pope- The Pope's entry into Paris- He lodges Public rejoicings. -- Chapter III -- Ceremony of the distribution of the eagles- Allocution of the Emperor- The oath- The grand review and the rain- Banquet at the Tuileries- Panegyric of the conscription made by the Emperor- Grand receptions- Fête at the Paris Hôtel-de-Ville- Well-regulated Profusion of flowers in January. -- Chapter IV -- My marriage with Mademoiselle Charvet- Presentation of my wife to Madame Bonaparte- General Bonaparte opening letters addressed to his courier- General Bonaparte wishes to see M. and Madame Charvet- M. Charvet follows Madame Bonaparte to Plombières- Estab Visit to the Empress. -- Chapter V -- Portrait of the Empress Josephine- The Empress's levee- Details of the toilet- Audiences of the Empress- The breakfast of the Empress- The Empress at billiards- Promenades in the closed park- The Empress with her ladies- The Emperor surprising the Empress Visit of the Empress to the Emperor while I was making his toilet. -- Chapter VI -- General Junot appointed ambassador Portugal- Anecdote concerning this general- Junot's fits of passion- While governor of Paris, he beats the employees of a gaming-house- The Emperor reprimands him in words of evil omen- Junot's skill with the pistol- Mad Napoleon's affection for Jérôme. -- Chapter VII. ; The Emperor's stay at Milan- Employment of his time- Prince Eugène Viceroy of Italy- The Emperor and Empress breakfast in the isle of Olona- Four happy people- Reunion of the Ligurian Republic with the French Empire- The Emperor's journey to Genoa- Senato Anecdote related by Doctor Corvisart. -- Chapter VIII -- Sojourn at Munich and Stuttgart- Marriage of Prince Eugène with the Princess Auguste-Amélie of Bavaria- Festivities- How the Viceroy brought up his children- Childish trait of Her Majesty the Empress of Brazil- Portrait of the late King of Bavaria, Maximi Gravity of a Turkish ambassador. -- Chapter IX -- Coalition of England and Russia against the Emperor- The army of Boulogne on march toward the Rhine- Departure of the Emperor- Arrival of the Emperor at Strasbourg and passage of the bridge of Kehl- The rendezvous- The Emperor drenched with rain- The hat His horse falls dead of fatigue. -- Chapter X -- The Emperor's return to Paris- Adventure while ascending the hill of Meaux- A young girl throws herself into the Emperor's carriage- A rough reception and a favor refused- I recognize Mademoiselle de Lajolais- General de Lajolais twice accused of conspira Prince de Talleyrand and the beds of Saint-Cloud. -- Chapter XI -- Secret liaisons of the Emperor- What Napoleon understood by immorality- The temptations of sovereigns- The Emperor's discretion- Josephine's jealousy- Madame Gazani- Rendezvous in the former apartment of M. de Bourrienne- The Emperor tête-a-tête with a mi Visit to Mademoiselle Lenormand. -- Chapter XII -- The thrones of the imperial family- Rupture of the treaty made with Prussia- The Queen of Prussia and the Duke of Brunswick- Departure from Paris- A hundred and fifty thousand men dispersed in a few days- Death of Prince Louis of Prussia- Arrival of the E Grand review. -- Chapter XIII.
• Sommario/riassunto: Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empress of the French. Achieving the rank of first valet de chambre to the Emperor after the previous incumbent Louis Marchand, who also wrote a memoir of his experiences shadowing Napoleon, had abandoned him in 1814.A definite admirer of the Emperor, his place in the Emperor's household allowed access to the Great man and as he says himself;"From the departure of the First Consul for the campaign of Marengo, whither I attended him, until the departure from Fontainebleau, where I was obliged to leave the Emperor, I was absent from him only twice, the first time for three times twenty-four hours, the second for seven or eight days. Aside from these brief holidays, the last of which was necessary in order to restore my health, I quitted the Emperor no more than his shadow did."For this reason alone ensures that the memoirs which he wrote, and although not quite the "warts and all" portrait that Constant might have us believe it is of capital interest to the general reader and the Napoleonic enthuasiast.Author - Louis Constant Wairy, known as Constant 02nd December 1778-1845Foreword - Imbert de Saint-Amand. 1834-1900
• Altri titoli varianti: Memoirs of Constant - First Valet de Chambre to the Emperor
• Titolo autorizzato: Memoirs of Constant - First Valet de Chambre to the Emperor. Vol II
• ISBN: 1-908692-49-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910164253803321
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