The National Review, Volume 119W.H. Allen, 1942 - English literature |
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Page 175
... Napoleon or to Alexander . I merely stated the undoubted fact that " Napoleon undertook the invasion of Russia with whose ruler he had concluded a pact of eternal friendship at Tilsit a short time before . " If the question of blame ...
... Napoleon or to Alexander . I merely stated the undoubted fact that " Napoleon undertook the invasion of Russia with whose ruler he had concluded a pact of eternal friendship at Tilsit a short time before . " If the question of blame ...
Page 253
... Napoleon's private secretary and most intimate daily companion from 1794 to 1802. He was probably his severest and most just critic , and did not publish his memoirs until after Napoleon's death ( they appeared in 1829 ) because , in ...
... Napoleon's private secretary and most intimate daily companion from 1794 to 1802. He was probably his severest and most just critic , and did not publish his memoirs until after Napoleon's death ( they appeared in 1829 ) because , in ...
Page 257
... Napoleon's enemies in our own Government who spread the news that the Admiral had burnt our flotilla , which was entirely false - the English lost at least as many men as we did . " It was at Stupini , previous to his coronation in ...
... Napoleon's enemies in our own Government who spread the news that the Admiral had burnt our flotilla , which was entirely false - the English lost at least as many men as we did . " It was at Stupini , previous to his coronation in ...
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