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Josephine Makers of History By: John S. C. Abbott (1805-1877) |
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Josephine BY JOHN S. C. ABBOTT WITH ENGRAVINGS NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1904
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand
eight hundred and fifty one, by HARPER & BROTHERS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District
of New York. Copyright, 1879, by SUSAN ABBOTT MEAD.
[Illustration: JOSEPHINE.]
PREFACE.
Maria Antoinette, Madame Roland, and Josephine are the three most
prominent heroines of the French Revolution. The history of their lives
necessarily records all the most interesting events of that most fearful
tragedy which man has ever enacted. Maria Antoinette beheld the morning
dawn of the Revolution; its lurid mid day sun glared upon Madame Roland;
and Josephine beheld the portentous phenomenon fade away. Each of these
heroines displayed traits of character worthy of all imitation. No
one can read the history of their lives without being ennobled by the
contemplation of the fortitude and grandeur of spirit they evinced. To
the young ladies of our land we especially commend the Heroines of the
French Revolution.
CONTENTS.
Chapter Page I. LIFE IN MARTINIQUE 13 II. MARRIAGE OF JOSEPHINE 31 III. ARREST OF M. BEAUHARNAIS AND JOSEPHINE 48 IV. SCENES IN PRISON 68 V. THE RELEASE FROM PRISON 81 VI. JOSEPHINE IN ITALY 105 VII. JOSEPHINE AT MALMAISON 130 VIII. JOSEPHINE THE WIFE OF THE FIRST CONSUL 149 IX. DEVELOPMENTS OF CHARACTER 171 X. THE CORONATION 198 XI. JOSEPHINE AN EMPRESS 232 XII. THE DIVORCE AND LAST DAYS 282
ENGRAVINGS.
Page THE SIBYL 24 THE WARNING 58 THE PANTOMIME 85 ISOLA BELLA 109 THE INTERVIEW 156 THE CORONATION 224
JOSEPHINE.
CHAPTER I. LIFE IN MARTINIQUE. A.D. 1760 A.D. 1775 Martinique. Its varied beauties. Birth of Josephine. Her parents'
death. M. Renaudin. His kind treatment of his slaves. Gratitude
of the slaves. Josephine a universal favorite. Hospitality of M.
Renaudin. Society at his house. Early education of Josephine. Her
accomplishments. Euphemie. She becomes Josephine's bosom companion.
Popularity of Josephine. Childhood enjoyment. Characteristic traits.
The fortune teller. Predictions of the sibyl. Credulity. More
predictions. Their fulfillment. Explanations of the predictions.
How fulfilled. Falsity of the prediction. Contemplated match.
Attachment between Josephine and William. Their separation. Rousseau
throwing stones. Josephine's superstition. Mutual fidelity. Deception
of friends. The island of Martinique emerges in tropical luxuriance from the bosom
of the Caribbean Sea. A meridian sun causes the whole land to smile in
perennial verdure, and all the gorgeous flowers and luscious fruits
of the torrid zone adorn upland and prairie in boundless profusion.
Mountains, densely wooded, rear their summits sublimely to the skies,
and valleys charm the eye with pictures more beautiful than imagination
can create. Ocean breezes ever sweep these hills and vales, and temper
the heat of a vertical sun. Slaves, whose dusky limbs are scarcely
veiled by the lightest clothing, till the soil, while the white
inhabitants, supported by the indolent labor of these unpaid menials,
loiter away life in listless leisure and in rustic luxury... Continue reading book >>
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