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Napoleon and the fair sex; tr. from the French of Fréderic Masson. With portraits.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - British Imprints 1894 Masson
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Masson, Frédéric, 1847-1923.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
- Napoleon.
- Genre:
- Leather bindings (Binding).
- Physical Description:
- 320 p. front., ports. 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London, W. Heinemann; Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1894.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- ch. 1. Youth
- ch. 2. Matrimonial projects
- ch. 3. Josephine de Beauharnais
- ch. 4. Citoyenne Bonaparte
- ch. 5. Madame Fourès
- ch. 6. The reconciliation
- ch. 7. Grassini
- ch. 8. Actresses
- ch. 9. Readers
- ch. 10. Josephine's Coronation
- ch. 11. Madame ***
- ch. 12. Stéphanie de Beauharnais
- ch. 13. Eléonore
- ch. 14. Hortense
- ch. 15. Madame Walewska
- ch. 16. The divorce
- ch. 17. Marie-Louise
- ch. 18. Elba
- ch. 19. The hundred days
- ch. 20. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Another translation by J. M. Howell appeared under title: Napoleon, lover and husband.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Spine features gold stamped title, author, year, N, crown, and two fleurs-de-lis.
- Athenaeum copy: Gift: Mr. & Mrs. Frank Seymour.
- OCLC:
- 2011169
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