The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 2 (of 4)

John Stuart Mill · en

[Footnote 1: The authorities are as before: Vandal:
         L'Avènement de Bonaparte; Aulard: Études et leçons sur la
         Révolution Française; Paris pendant la réaction
         thermidorienne et sous le Directoire, and Histoire Politique
         de la Révolution Française; Sorel: L'Europe et la Révolution
         Française, Vol. V; Bonaparte et le Directoire. Much can be
         gleaned from the printed letters and despatches of this
         period. Important sources are the Souvenirs du baron de
         Barante; Mémoires et correspondance de Lafayette; Fiévée:
         Correspondance et relations avec Bonaparte; Correspondance de
         Mallet du Pan; Mémoires du roi Joseph; likewise the memoirs
         of Madame de Chastenay, of Duport de Cheverny, of Marmont,
         Marbot, Bourrienne, Carnot, Thiébault, Mathieu Dumas, and
         above all the Correspondence of Napoleon himself. Further,
         there are the collections of Bailleu, Staël-Holstein, Charles
         de Constant, letters of Talleyrand to Napoleon (published by
         Bertrand), of Jean Hardy, and Mme. Reinhard. The newspapers
         of the day, such as L'Espiègle, Le Surveillant, Le
         Publiciste, Le Propagateur, Gazette de France and Moniteur,
         and the Journal des Hommes Libres, are accessible only in the
         great libraries of London and Paris. The papers of
         Cambacérès, Mortier, Barthélemy, Grouvelle, and Jourdan have
         been found and used by the latest historians, but they are
         not printed. The best bibliography of the period is a
         considerable volume edited by Kirchelsen and published in
         1902, 2d ed. 1908: that of Lumbroso is not yet completed.]

     Deadlock between the French Executive and the Chambers --
     Bonaparte's Attitude -- The Celebration of July Fourteenth at
     Milan -- Plot of the French Royalists -- Attitude of Moreau and
     Hoche -- Bonaparte to the Rescue -- The Eighteenth of Fructidor
     -- Effects in Paris -- Bonaparte a European Personage -- His
     Statesmanship in Italy -- The Ligurian Republic -- Sardinia,
     Switzerland, and Great Britain -- Readiness of Italy for War --
     Strength of Bonaparte's Armies.


[Sidenote: 1797]