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Memoirs of the Countess Potocka

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  1. 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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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
10 September 2010
Pages
374
ISBN
9781162634258
  1. 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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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
10 September 2010
Pages
374
ISBN
9781162634258