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NAPOLEON IN CARICATURE: 1795-1821. By A. M. Broadley. With an
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⁂ This interesting contribution to Nelson literature is drawn from the
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A QUEEN OF SHREDS AND PATCHES: The Life of Madame Tallien Notre Dame de
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the day of her death she laboured to advance the interests of her
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MADAME DE BRINVILLIERS AND HER TIMES. 1630-1676. By Hugh Stokes. With a
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⁂ The name of Marie Marguerite d’Aubray, Marquise de Brinvilliers, is
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⁂ The Duchesse de Narbonne-Lara was Lady-in-Waiting to Madame Adelaide,
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THE WIFE OF GENERAL BONAPARTE. By Joseph Turquan. Author of “The Love
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⁂ Although much has been written concerning the Empress Josephine, we
know comparatively little about the _veuve_ Beauharnais and the
_citoyenne_ Bonaparte, whose inconsiderate conduct during her husband’s
absence caused him so much anguish. We are so accustomed to consider
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AUGUSTUS SAINT GAUDENS: an Appreciation. By C. Lewis Hind. Illustrated
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⁂ “The greatest living Englishman” was the tribute of his Continental
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NAPOLEON & THE INVASION OF ENGLAND: The Story of the Great Terror,
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THE DUKE OF REICHSTADT (NAPOLEON II.) By Edward de Wertheimer. Translated
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NAPOLEON’S CONQUEST OF PRUSSIA, 1806. By F. Loraine Petre. With an
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NAPOLEON’S CAMPAIGN IN POLAND, 1806-1807. A Military History of
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RALPH HEATHCOTE. Letters of a Diplomatist During the Time of Napoleon,
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MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT DE CARTRIE. A record of the extraordinary events in
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THE LIFE OF PETER ILICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893). By his Brother, Modeste
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