CONTENTS Rescue of the Directory 1 The Treaty of Campo Formio 15 Bonaparte and Talleyrand 26 Commotions in European Politics 36 The Expedition To Egypt 46 The Landing in Egypt 55 The Disaster at Acre 65 Aboukir and the Great Desertion 77 "The Return of the Hero" 86 Bonaparte Seizes His Opportunity 100 The Overthrow of the Directory 111 Bonaparte the First Consul 121 Bonaparte Embodies the Revolution 136 A Constitutional Despotism 149 Statesmanship and Strategy 162 Marengo 174 The Peace of Lunéville 190 The Pacification of Europe 203 The Reorganization of France 213 The Code and the University 221 Steps Toward Monarchy 229 The Life Consulate 239 The Threshold of Monarchy 250 Expansion of the Revolutionary System 261 Tension Between England and France 275 France and England in Arms 286 Warnings To Royalists and Republicans 295 Declaration of the Empire 314 The Descent Into England 325 The Coronation of Napoleon I 339 The Third Coalition 354 Trafalgar and Austerlitz 370 Napoleon, War Lord and Emperor 393 The War With Russia 413 The Devastation of Prussia 435 The Continental System 446 ILLUSTRATIONS General Bonaparte Frontispiece Map of Egypt 58 Napoleon—by Ingres 78 Napoleon working by the glimmer of the lamp 128 Map of the Marengo Campaigns 176 Two Maps of Marengo, 14th July, 1800 183-184 Napoleon as First Consul 226 Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul 276 Napoleon as First Consul 326 Napoleon, First Consul—by Ingres 376 Napoleon Bonaparte as First Consul 426 THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE William Milligan Sloane VOLUME III CONTENTS War with Russia: Pultusk 1 Check to the Grand Army: Eylau 12 An Indecisive Victory: Friedland 24 Napoleon and Alexander at Tilsit 39 The Treaty of Tilsit 54 The Path of Napoleonic Empire 66 The New Feudalism 80 The Empires of Land and Ocean 97 French Empire and European Nationality 115 The Awakening of Spain 137 The First Revolt of Nations 153 Napoleon and Alexander at Erfurt 171 The Failure of the Spanish Campaign 182 The Transformation of Austria 192 The Fifth War with Austria—Eckmühl 202 Aspern, Essling, and Wagram 218 The Peace of Schönbrunn 233 Napoleon's Fatal Decision 244 The Austrian Marriage 251 Rigors of the Continental System 262 The Continental System Completed 274 The Course of the Peninsular War 282 Birth of the King of Rome 293 Tension Between Emperor and Czar 303 The Array of Nations 313 The Congress of Kings 325 The Invasion of Russia—Borodino 335 The Evacuation of Moscow 346 The Retreat from Russia 357 The Horrors of the Beresina 368 The Prodigal's Return 378 The Revolt of the Nations 388 The First Campaign in Saxony 401 The Nations in Grand Array 413 ILLUSTRATIONS The Emperor Napoleon Frontispiece Map of the Battle of Eylau 14 Map of the Battle of Heilsberg 28 Map of the Battle of Friedland 36 Napoleon—by Ingres 50 Queen Hortense 98 Napoleon in his Study 146 Map of the Spanish Campaign 184 Joseph Bonaparte 196 Map of the Battle of Eckmühl 212 Two Maps of the Battles of Aspern and Essling 221