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The Life of Napoleon III (Volume 3); Derived from State Records, from Unpublished Family Correspondence, and from Personal Testimony with Family Portraits in the Possession of the Imperial Family, and Facsimiles of Letters of Napoleon I., Napoleon

The Life of Napoleon III (Volume 3); Derived from State Records, from Unpublished Family Correspondence, and from Personal Testimony with Family Portraits in the Possession of the Imperial Family, and Facsimiles of Letters of Napoleon I., Napoleon


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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1875. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER HI. 'HISTORICAL FRAGMENTS, 1688-1830.' The nervous irritability produced by strict confinement Chap. found vent with Prince Louis in the treatment of a rapid IIL succession of subjects. Some time passed before he could settle down to a definite task. The many themes and questions on which he had thought and touched in the course of his changeful and adventurous life crowded upon his mind. In the earliest days of his imprisonment the excitement of the trial and the commentaries of the newspapers on it, the arrangement of his private affairs, the adjustment of his papers and books, even the novelty of his position and the change in the mode of his daily life, helped to keep his mind active. The arrival of the remains of Napoleon in Paris (December 15, 1840) even stirred him to write an address1 to the manes of the Emperor. It was only when the turmoil without and the arrangements within were f1nished, and the days began to succeed each other with the regularity and monotony of dripping water which wears a hollow in a rock, that the prisoner felt the terrors of his position creeping over him. The sole escape from moral and intellectual deterioration was through work, work that would not only give a special and separate colour and interest to each day, but that would throw out feelers beyond the walls of the fortress by which he could touch the minds and hearts of busy men in the free world. Although his body was 1 See (Euvret de Napoleon III, tome premier, p. 435. Henri Plon: Paris, 1869. Book caged, he might cast his mind among the scenes of active' --r--. life, influence the march of politics, and from his narrow cell mend even the swift flight of steam. On January 13, 1841, Prince Louis wrote to the Countess of Blessington: -- 'I have received only to-da...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781150726545
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 150
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1150726547
  • Publisher Date: 11 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 281 gr


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