Recollections of Caulincourt, Duke of Vicenza, Vol. 1 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

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Visit of Napoleon and Maria Louisa to Holland - Fêtes in honour of their presence - Accident meeting between the Authoress and the Duke de Vicenza - A remarkable coincidence - Intellectual organization of Napoleon - Duroc's remarks on Napoleon's mental superiority - The battle of Jena - Napoleon's manner of addressing his troops - The wounded cuirassier - Napoleon frequently accused of want of feeling - His remark on hearing of Moreau's death - Hes belief in fatalism.

On a fine warm morning in September, 1826, I was seated in one of the shadiest recesses of those lovely woodlands which skirt Plombieres, on the side near the Stanislas Fountain. I had a book in my hand, but I was not reading: my thoughts were dreamingly wandering back to a glorious period of the past.

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