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Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino Volume 1

Lucien Bonaparte
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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. ... colleagues had placed their hopes upon the youthful conqueror of the Tyrol, the brave and unfortunate Joubert. Overtures were made to him ; he modestly replied that he was not yet sufficiently known by victory to repose upon his laurels ; they gave him the command of the army of Italy. If, instead of falling at Novi, Joubert had vanquished Suwarrow, his glory would have sufficed to balance that of his rivals. I so little expected the return of Napoleon, that I had embraced with ardour the hope that Sieyes had placed in the victories and virtues of Joubert. His early loss appeared to us a public calamity. , > After that loss, Sieyes was fearful that the struggle, thanks to the influence of the generals of the council, might finish against the directory. I believe, though unable to say positively, that the overtures made to Macdonald and Moreau were received with coldness. I had been ignorant of the communications which might have existed between Sieyes and those two generals. It was the union of Jourdan that I had preferred, and Sieyes engaged me to make some attempts. I believe that no one would have been more calculated than the citizen hero of Fleurus to cause the project of the republican form to succeed, sole aim of our hopes. I spoke to Jourdan on the part of Sieyes, but it was in vain. It was not in concentrating the directorial power, but in concentrating the authority in the council of five hundred, that Jourdan desired to save the republic. Sieyes, alarmed by the report of a reunion held at Bernadotte's, said to me one day, with a sigh--"We have no longer, then, a sword for us : ah! why is not your brother here ?" He must have thought the danger very pressing to have let that wish escape him ; and, in fact, all the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino Volume 1. To get started finding Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino Volume 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino Volume 1

Lucien Bonaparte
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. ... colleagues had placed their hopes upon the youthful conqueror of the Tyrol, the brave and unfortunate Joubert. Overtures were made to him ; he modestly replied that he was not yet sufficiently known by victory to repose upon his laurels ; they gave him the command of the army of Italy. If, instead of falling at Novi, Joubert had vanquished Suwarrow, his glory would have sufficed to balance that of his rivals. I so little expected the return of Napoleon, that I had embraced with ardour the hope that Sieyes had placed in the victories and virtues of Joubert. His early loss appeared to us a public calamity. , > After that loss, Sieyes was fearful that the struggle, thanks to the influence of the generals of the council, might finish against the directory. I believe, though unable to say positively, that the overtures made to Macdonald and Moreau were received with coldness. I had been ignorant of the communications which might have existed between Sieyes and those two generals. It was the union of Jourdan that I had preferred, and Sieyes engaged me to make some attempts. I believe that no one would have been more calculated than the citizen hero of Fleurus to cause the project of the republican form to succeed, sole aim of our hopes. I spoke to Jourdan on the part of Sieyes, but it was in vain. It was not in concentrating the directorial power, but in concentrating the authority in the council of five hundred, that Jourdan desired to save the republic. Sieyes, alarmed by the report of a reunion held at Bernadotte's, said to me one day, with a sigh--"We have no longer, then, a sword for us : ah! why is not your brother here ?" He must have thought the danger very pressing to have let that wish escape him ; and, in fact, all the...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino Volume 1. To get started finding Memoirs of Lucien Bonaparte, Prince of Canino Volume 1, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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