[Illustration: CORONATION OF THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE]
M E M O I R S O F
T H E E M P R E S S J O S E P H I N E
BY MADAME DE RÉMUSAT
_Lady-in-Waiting to the Empress_
V O L U M E I
_With a Special Introduction_
_and Illustrations_
[Illustration]
N E W Y O R K
P F C O L L I E R & S O N
P U B L I S H E R S
Copyright 1879
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Copyright 1910
BY P. F. COLLIER & SON
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION 9
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 11
PREFACE BY PAUL DE RÉMUSAT 13
PORTRAITS AND ANECDOTES BY THE AUTHOR 65
_B O O K I_
CHAPTER I
(1802-1803.)
Family Affairs—My First Evening at Saint Cloud—General Moreau—M.
de Rémusat is made Prefect, and I, Lady of the Palace—Habits of
the First Consul and of Mme. Bonaparte—M. de Talleyrand—The
Family of the First Consul—Mlles. Georges and Duchesnois—Mme.
Bonaparte’s Jealousy 103