Bernadotte and Napoleon, 1763 1810 (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Bernadotte and Napoleon, 1763 1810 (Classic Reprint) written by Dunbar Plunket Barton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bernadotte and Napoleon, 1763 1810 This is the second of a series of three volumes. The first volume, under the title of Bernadotte The First Phase, dealt with the life Of Bernadotte under the (moien regz'me, during the Terror, and under the Directory, from January 1763, to the Revolution of Brumaire in November 1799. The present volume tells the story of his relations with Napoleon under the Consulate and under the First Empire down to September 1810, when he was elected Prince Royal of Sweden. The third volume, will follow him through the remainder of his career as Heir Apparent to the Swedish throne, and as King of Sweden and Norway. The subject has been approached without bias, and with a desire to allow events and documents to speak for themselves. Besides consulting the regular sources of contemporary evidence, the author has made a careful search among the unpublished records of our Foreign Office for any information that might be of interest to British, Irish, and American readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."