Map of the Battle of Wagram 228 Eugène Beauharnais 246 Napoleon Bonaparte in 1809 296 Map of the Russian Campaign, 1812 340 THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE By William Milligan Sloane CONTENTS The Last Imperial Victory 1 Politics and Strategy 11 The End of the Grand Army 23 The Frankfort Proposals 37 The Invasion of France 47 Napoleon's Supreme Effort 59 The Great Captain at Bay 71 The Struggles of Exhaustion 84 The Beginning of the End 101 The Fall of Paris 111 Napoleon's First Abdication 123 The Emperor of Elba 137 Napoleon the Liberator 151 The Dynasties Implacable 164 Ligny and Quatre Bras 175 The Eve of Waterloo 189 Waterloo 199 The Surrender 212 St. Helena 224 Soldier, Statesman, Despot 247 Napoleon and the United States 268 Napoleon's Place in History 285 Historical Sources 303 General Bibliography 307 Index 355 ILLUSTRATIONS Empress Marie Louise Frontispiece Napoleon in 1813 50 Napoleon, François Charles Joseph, Prince Imperial; King of Rome; Duke of Reichstadt 98 Map of the Field of Operations in 1814 104 The King of Rome 148 Map of the Campaign of 1815 194 Napoleon, François Charles Joseph, Duke of Reichstadt, etc., etc., son of Napoleon Bonaparte 200 Napoleon sleeping by Las Cases on board the Bellerophon 224 Napoleon at St. Helena 230 Napoleon I 274 THE SURRENDER OF NAPOLEON Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, K.C.B. CONTENTS Page MEMOIR OF SIR FREDERICK MAITLAND xxv NARRATIVE. [The summary of the contents of the Narrative given here is that prefixed to the original edition. Sir Walter Scott's notes are printed at pp. 70, 84, 155, 165, 208, 223, 225, and 229.]