Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 08
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 08
Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 08, written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne in the late 19th century, provides a firsthand account of his experiences as Napoleon's private secretary. This volume focuses on pivotal events during Napoleon's rise to power from 1804 to 1805, detailing court politics, judicial proceedings, and Bourrienne's interactions with key figures of the era. It also includes reflections on significant trials, such as that of General Moreau, and offers insights into Napoleon's character, ambitions, and the political landscape of Europe during a transformative period. The memoir is notable for its intimate portrayal of Napoleon and the complexities of his reign.
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“and we should have seen perish on the scaffold, at the age of twenty-five, the man who, during the twenty-five succeeding years, was destined to astonish the world by his vast conceptions, his gigantic projects, his great military genius, his extraordinary good fortune, his faults, reverses, and final misfortunes.””
— Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
“In his first Italian campaign he wrote thus to General Clarke: "That ambition and the occupation of high offices were not sufficient for his satisfaction and happiness, which he had early placed in the opinion of Europe and the esteem of posterity." He often observed to me that with him the opinion of posterity was the real immortality of the soul. It””
— Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
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