Memoirs of the Countess Potocka
Memoirs of the Countess Potocka
- This volume is considered as an example of the female Napoleonic Age memoirs. Contents include Part I. Young Memories: The Castle of Bialystok; The Emigrants and Louis XVIII; The Astrologer; Marriage to Count Alexander Potocki; Lancut and Pulawy; Mysteries; The Emperor Alexander at Willanow. Part II. The French at Warsaw: The Vanguard; Napoleon’s Entry into Warsaw; First Hostilities; Gallantries; The Emperor’s Game of Whist; Eylau; Tilsit; Marshal Davout. Part III. Journey to France; Preliminaries of Marie-Louise’s Marriage; M. de Narbonne; Ceremonial Entry into Paris; The Court; The Festivities; Society; Round About Paris; Malmaison-The Avowal; The Dinner at Saint-Cloud. Part IV. The Grand Duchy of Warsaw: Bignon; Preliminaries to the Russian Campaign; De Pradt; The Retreat; Death of Prince Poniatowski. Part V. The Russians at Warsaw: Kosciuszko and Alexander; The Congress of Vienna; The Emperor Alexander at Warsaw; and Marriage of the Grand Duke Constantine.
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