BONAPARTE 49
III. HORTENSE AND DUROC 80
IV. THE MARRIAGE OF HORTENSE 110
V. THE BIRTH OF LOUIS NAPOLEON AND THE DIVORCE
OF JOSEPHINE 148
VI. THE DEATH OF JOSEPHINE 179
VII. THE SORROWS OF EXILE 211
VIII. PEACEFUL DAYS, YET SAD 239
IX. LIFE AT ARENEMBERG 293
X. LETTER FROM LOUIS NAPOLEON TO HIS MOTHER 322
XI. DEATH OF HORTENSE, AND THE ENTHRONEMENT OF HER SON 358
HORTENSE.
Chapter I.
Parentage and Birth.
1776-1794
Josephine's voyage to France.
In the year 1776 a very beautiful young
court. The triumph of the Allies sent her into exile, where her influence and her instruction prepared her son to contribute powerfully to the restoration of the Empire, and to reign with ability which is admired by his friends and acknowledged by his foes. The mother of Napoleon III. never allowed