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Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812

by Napoleon I (1769–1821)

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"Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812" by Emperor of the French Napoleon I is a collection of personal correspondence written in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. This compilation provides a unique glimpse into the intimate life and emotions of Napoleon Bonaparte as he navigates his tumultuous relationship with his wife, Josephine Beauharnais, during a period marked by his rising political and military prominence. The letters explore themes of love, longing, and the pressures of leadership, illustrating Napoleon's passionate feelings as well as his vulnerabilities. At the start of the collection, Napoleon writes fervently to Josephine, expressing his deep affection and anxiety over her well-being during his military campaigns. His letters reveal a man consumed by love, often torn between his duties and his desire to be with her. He conveys a mixture of devotion and jealousy, coupled with a constant yearning to hear from her. The opening letters set the tone for the correspondence that follows, combining political context with personal sentiment, painting a multifaceted portrait of one of history’s most renowned figures through the lens of his relationship with Josephine.

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  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 · Correspondence
  • Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814 · Correspondence

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Footnotes

[6] Sometimes he is perhaps more to be trusted than the leading
lexicographer, as for example when, the day after Wagram, he
writes his Minister of War that the coup de Jarnac will come
from the English in Spain. Now, when the Jarnac in question was
slain in fair fight by La Chateignerie by a blow au jarret,
it was an unexpected blow, but not surely, as Littre tells
us, manoeuvre perfide, deloyale. Nothing was too disloyal
for perfidious Albion, but for 30,000 English to outmanoeuvre
three marshals and 100,000 French veterans would be, and was,
the unexpected which happened at Talavera three weeks later.

[7] Findel's History of Freemasonry.

[8] Lord Rosebery.

[9] This versatile writer, the author of Oberon, the translator of
Lucian and Shakespeare, and the founder of psychological
romance in Germany, was then in his seventy-fifth year.

[10] The historian (1755-1809), "the Thucydides of Switzerland."

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Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. Introduction
  3. Footnotes
  4. Footnotes
  5. Series a
  6. Letter Page
  7. To Josephine
  8. To Josephine
  9. Series B
  10. Series B
  11. To Josephine, at Milan
  12. Bonaparte
  13. To Josephine, at Milan
  14. To Josephine, at Milan
  15. To Josephine, at Milan
  16. To Josephine, at Milan
  17. To Josephine, at Milan
  18. Bonaparte
  19. To Josephine, at Milan
  20. To Josephine, at Milan
  21. To Josephine, at Milan
  22. Bonaparte
  23. To Josephine, at Milan
  24. To Josephine, at Milan
  25. Bonaparte
  26. To Josephine, at Milan
  27. To Josephine, at Milan
  28. Bonaparte
  29. Bonaparte
  30. To Josephine, at Milan
  31. Bonaparte
  32. To Josephine, at Genoa
  33. To Josephine, at Genoa
  34. Bonaparte
  35. To Josephine, at Milan
  36. Bonaparte
  37. To Josephine, at Bologna
  38. To Josephine, at Bologna
  39. To Josephine, at Bologna
  40. To Josephine, at Bologna
  41. To Josephine, at Bologna
  42. Bonaparte
  43. Events of 1799
  44. Events of 1800
  45. To Josephine, at Paris
  46. To Josephine, at Paris
  47. Bonaparte
  48. To Josephine, at Paris
  49. Series D
  50. Series D
  51. Events of 1801
  52. To Josephine, at Plombieres
  53. Events of 1802
  54. To Josephine, at Plombieres
  55. To Josephine, at Plombieres
  56. To Josephine, at Plombieres
  57. To Josephine, at Plombieres
  58. Bonaparte
  59. Events of 1803
  60. Events of 1804
  61. To the Empress Josephine
  62. To the Empress, at Aix-La-Chapelle
  63. To the Empress, at Aix-La-Chapelle
  64. To the Empress, at Aix-La-Chapelle
  65. To the Empress, at Aix-La-Chapelle
  66. To Josephine, at St. Cloud
  67. Napoleon
  68. Campaign of Austerlitz, 1805
  69. Letter Page
  70. Events of 1805
  71. To Josephine, at Strasburg
  72. To Josephine, at Strasburg
  73. To Josephine, at Strasburg
  74. Napoleon
  75. To Josephine, at Strasburg
  76. To Josephine, at Strasburg
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  78. Napoleon
  79. To the Empress, at Strasburg
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  83. To the Empress, at Strasburg
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  86. To the Empress, at Strasburg
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  88. Napoleon
  89. To the Empress, at Strasburg
  90. To the Empress, at Munich
  91. To the Empress, at Munich
  92. To the Empress, at Munich
  93. To the Empress, at Munich
  94. To the Empress, at Munich
  95. Footnotes
  96. Letter Page
  97. To the Empress, at Mayence
  98. To the Empress, at Mayence
  99. Napoleon
  100. To the Empress, at Mayence
  101. To the Empress, at Mayence
  102. To the Empress, at Mayence
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  104. To the Empress, at Mayence
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  107. To the Empress, at Mayence
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  111. Napoleon
  112. To the Empress, at Mayence
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  115. To the Empress, at Mayence
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  127. Napoleon
  128. To the Empress, at Mayence
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  139. To the Empress, at Paris
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  166. To the Empress, at Paris
  167. To the Empress, at Paris
  168. To the Empress, at Paris
  169. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  170. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  171. To the Empress, at Lacken
  172. To the Empress, at Lacken
  173. To the Empress, at Lacken
  174. Napoleon
  175. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  176. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  177. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  178. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  179. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  180. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
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  183. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  184. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  185. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  186. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  187. Napoleon
  188. Footnotes
  189. To the Empress, at Paris
  190. To the Empress, at Paris
  191. To the Empress, at Paris
  192. Napoleon
  193. Letter Page
  194. To the Empress, at Bordeaux
  195. To the Empress, at Bordeaux
  196. To the Empress, at Bordeaux
  197. To the Empress, at Bordeaux
  198. Napoleon
  199. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  200. To the Empress, at St. Cloud
  201. Series K
  202. Series K
  203. To the Empress, at Paris
  204. Napoleon
  205. To the Empress, at Paris
  206. Napoleon
  207. To the Empress, at Paris
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  210. To the Empress, at Paris
  211. To the Empress, at Paris
  212. To the Empress, at Paris
  213. Series L
  214. Events of 1809
  215. To the Empress, at Strasburg
  216. Napoleon
  217. To the Empress, at Strasburg
  218. Napoleon
  219. To the Empress, at Strasburg
  220. To the Empress, at Strasburg
  221. To the Empress, at Strasburg
  222. Napoleon
  223. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  224. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  225. Napoleon
  226. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  227. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  228. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  229. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  230. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  231. Napoleon
  232. To the Empress, at Plombieres
  233. To the Empress, at Paris
  234. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  235. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  236. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  237. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  238. To the Empress, at Malmaison
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  240. Napoleon
  241. Series M
  242. To the Empress, at Malmaison
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  253. Napoleon
  254. To the Empress, at Malmaison
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  258. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  259. Napoleon
  260. To the Empress, at the Elysee-Napoleon
  261. To the Empress, at the Elysee-Napoleon
  262. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  263. Letter of the Empress Josephine to the Emperor Napoleon
  264. To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre
  265. Reply of the Empress Josephine
  266. To the Empress Josephine, at the Chateau Navarre
  267. To the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison
  268. To the Empress Josephine, at the Waters of Aix, in Savoy
  269. To the Empress Josephine, at the Waters of Aix, in Savoy
  270. To the Empress Josephine, at the Waters of Aix, in Savoy
  271. To the Empress Josephine, at the Waters of Aix, in Savoy
  272. To the Empress, at Malmaison
  273. To the Empress Josephine, at Geneva
  274. To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre
  275. To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre
  276. To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre
  277. Napoleon
  278. To the Empress Josephine, at Navarre
  279. To the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison
  280. To the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison
  281. Napoleon
  282. Letter Page
  283. To the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison
  284. Napoleon
  285. To the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison
  286. Napoleon
  287. Footnotes
  288. Series a
  289. Footnotes
  290. Series B
  291. Footnotes
  292. Series C
  293. Series D
  294. Footnotes
  295. Series E
  296. Series F
  297. Series G
  298. Footnotes
  299. Series H
  300. Footnotes
  301. Series I
  302. Series J
  303. Series K
  304. Nos. 13 And 14
  305. Series L
  306. Footnotes
  307. Series M
  308. Footnotes
  309. Series N
  310. Footnotes
  311. Series O
  312. Series P
  313. Footnotes
  314. Genealogy of the Bonaparte Family
  315. Appendix (3)
  316. From General Bonaparte to His Wife
  317. To General Bonaparte
  318. To the Emperor
  319. Part of a Letter Said to Be Dated Brienne, 1814
  320. To the Empress Josephine, at Malmaison
  321. Index of Persons

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