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Contents.
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III. | First sight of Napoleon | 189 |
IV. | Napoleon often deceived | 195 |
V. | Napoleon's diplomatic methods | 200 |
VI. | Austerlitz | 203 |
VII. | The path of glory | 207 |
VIII. | Napoleon and his troops | 208 |
IX. | The rise of the house of Rothschild | 209 |
X. | Napoleon and Queen Louise | 212 |
XI. | Napoleon wounded | 213 |
XII. | Napoleon and the Grenadier | 215 |
XIII. | Detection of a spy | 217 |
XIV. | Napoleon as Haroun-al-Raschid | 219 |
XV. | Marbot in a tight place | 222 |
XVI. | The end of the adventure | 226 |
XVII. | After Moscow | 229 |
XVIII. | The blood tax | 230 |
XIX. | The defeat at Leipsic | 233 |
XX. | Napoleon as a friend | 234 |
NAPOLEON'S CHIEF DETRACTOR | 237 | |
I. | Nearly a great man | 238 |
II. | Barras and Robespierre—a contrast | 239 |
III. | The Incorruptible at home | 240 |
IV. | A memorable interview | 243 |
V. | Danton | 246 |
VI. | Robespierre's lust for blood | 248 |
VII. | Fouquier-Tinville | 249 |
VIII. | Two notorious women | 254 |
IX. | The symmetry of Barras's villainy | 257 |
X. | Two portraits—Barras and Robespierre | 258 |
XI. | Napoleon and Josephine | 260 |
XII. | Josephine's tears | 264 |
XIII. | Her story to Napoleon | 268 |
XIV. | Barras's most deadly charge | 272 |