Memoirs of the Life, Exile, Vol. 4: And Conversations, of the Emperor Napoleon (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Emmanuel De Las Cases

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1331413664 ISBN 13 : 9781331413660

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2017

Synopsis

Excerpt from Memoirs of the Life, Exile, Vol. 4: And Conversations, of the Emperor Napoleon

The Governor has informed me that he also intends removing my servant, who is an inhabitant of the island, and with whom I am very well satisfied. He is doubtless afraid that the man will become too much attached to me. He proposes to send me a servant of his own choosing, a favour for which I feel very grateful, though I have no intention of availing myself of the kind offer.

At dinner the Emperor ate but little. During the dessert, however, his spirits revived a little, and we began to converse on the events of his early life. This is a subject on which he delights to dwell, and which always affords him a source of new and lively interest. He repeated many of the particulars which I have already related at different times. He said that he loved to go back to that happy age when all is gaiety and enjoyment; - that happy period of hope and rising ambition, when the world first opens before us, and the mind fondly cherishes every romantic dream. He spoke of his regiment, and the pleasures he had enjoyed when he first mingled in society. On mentioning the different balls and fetes which he had attended in his youthful days, he described one as having been particularly splendid. "But," said he, "at that time my notions of splendour were very different from what they now are."

Alluding to the date of certain circumstances, he observed that it would be difficult for him to divide his life year by year. We observed that if he would only date the events of four or five years, we could easily take all the rest upon ourselves. He reverted to his military debut at Toulon, the circumstances that first called him into notice, the sudden ascendency which he acquired by his first successes, and the ambition with which they inspired him: "And yet," said he, "I was far from entertaining a high opinion of myself. It was not till after the battle of Lodi that I conceive…

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1331413664
• ISBN 13: 9781331413660
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 441
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