XIV. BERLIN DECREE.—PENINSULAR WAR.—THE BONAPARTES ON THE SPANISH THRONE 191 XV. DISASTERS IN SPAIN.—ERFURT MEETING.—NAPOLEON AT MADRID 199 XVI. TALLEYRAND’S TREACHERY.—CAMPAIGN OF 1809 211 XVII. DIVORCE OF JOSEPHINE.—MARRIAGE WITH MARIE LOUISE.—BIRTH OF THE KING OF ROME. 221 XVIII. TROUBLE WITH THE POPE.—THE CONSCRIPTION.—THE TILSIT AGREEMENT BROKEN 229 XIX. RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN.—BURNING OF MOSCOW.—A NEW ARMY 241 XX. CAMPAIGN OF 1813.—CAMPAIGN OF 1814.—ABDICATION 253 XXI. ELBA.—THE HUNDRED DAYS.—THE SECOND ABDICATION 265 XXII. SURRENDER TO ENGLISH.—ST. HELENA.—DEATH 279 XXIII. THE SECOND FUNERAL 295 SKETCH OF JOSEPHINE—EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH: I. FAMILY.—EARLY SURROUNDINGS.—ALEXANDER DE BEAUHARNAIS.—MARRIAGE.—SEPARATION FROM HUSBAND 325 II. JOSEPHINE IN THE REVOLUTION.—IMPRISONED AT LES CARMES.—STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE.—MARRIAGE WITH BONAPARTE 334 III. BONAPARTE GOES TO ITALY.—JOSEPHINE AT MILAN 1796–1797.—TRIUMPHAL TOUR IN ITALY.—BONAPARTE LEAVES FOR EGYPT 346 IV. BONAPARTE IS MADE FIRST CONSUL.—JOSEPHINE’S TACT IN PUBLIC LIFE.—HER PERSONAL CHARM.—MALMAISON 360 V. THE QUESTION OF SUCCESSION.—MARRIAGE OF HORTENSE.—JOSEPHINE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH PEOPLE.—THE CORONATION 371 VI. ETIQUETTE REGULATING JOSEPHINE’S LIFE.—ROYAL JOURNEYS.—EXTRAVAGANCE IN DRESS 386 VII. JOSEPHINE NOT ALLOWED TO GO TO POLAND.—FEAR OF DIVORCE.—THE RECONCILIATION OF 1807–1808.—THE CAMPAIGN OF 1809 AND ITS EFFECT ON NAPOLEON 399 VIII. NAPOLEON RETURNS TO FRANCE.—JOSEPHINE’S UNHAPPINESS.—NAPOLEON’S VIEW OF A DIVORCE.—THE WAY IN WHICH THE DIVORCE WAS EFFECTED 413 IX. AFTER THE DIVORCE.—NAVARRE.—JOSEPHINE’S SUSPICIONS OF THE EMPEROR.—HER GRADUAL RETURN TO HAPPINESS 423 X. EFFECT ON JOSEPHINE OF DISASTERS IN RUSSIA.—ANXIETY DURING CAMPAIGN OF 1813.—FLIGHT FROM PARIS.—DEATH IN 1814 440 HANDWRITING OF NAPOLEON AT DIFFERENT PERIODS 453 TABLE OF THE BONAPARTE FAMILY 464 CHRONOLOGY OF THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 469 INDEX 477 PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION