"There will be a truce to-morrow. Letizia, we are winning! Corsica will be free !" Every Corsican longs for many children. It is a land where an affront is instantly avenged by a dagger thrust; where the vendetta is sacred; where family feuds last from decade to decade and from century to century. The man before us wants many children, to ensure that his race shall persist; and the woman has learned from mother and grandmother that children are tokens of honour. She had become a mother at fifteen; but the baby she has just ...
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"There will be a truce to-morrow. Letizia, we are winning! Corsica will be free !" Every Corsican longs for many children. It is a land where an affront is instantly avenged by a dagger thrust; where the vendetta is sacred; where family feuds last from decade to decade and from century to century. The man before us wants many children, to ensure that his race shall persist; and the woman has learned from mother and grandmother that children are tokens of honour. She had become a mother at fifteen; but the baby she has just been nursing was her first boy. The thought of freedom glows afresh, for the officer is adjutant to Paoli, the leader of the people. "No longer shall our children be the slaves of France !" With the coming of spring, despondency prevails. The enemy has landed reinforcements; the children of the island take up arms once more; again the young wife accompanies her husband to the war; this time she carries a child beneath her heart, the child conceived during the storms of the previous autumn. "Often, in search of news, I would steal forth from our mountain nook to the battle-field; I heard the bullets whistling, but I put my trust in Our Lady " - so she would tell the story in later years. In May, the Corsicans were defeated. There was a terrible retreat through the dense forests and the rugged mountains. Among the multitude of men and the few women, rode Letizia, big with child, carrying her one-year-old boy in her arms, seated on a mule. They reached the coast safely. In June the defeated Paoli, accompanied by a few hundred of his faithful followers, had to flee to Italy. In July Paoli's adjutant, Letizia's husband, with other envoys, capitulated to the conqueror. The insular pride was humbled. But in August his wife brought the avenger into the world. She named him Napolione. Reprint of the wonderful book about the life of Napoleon Bonaparte original published in 1927.
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Add this copy of Napoleon to cart. $2.95, good condition, Sold by Pilkington & Sons rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Windber, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1961 by Pocket Books New York.
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Add this copy of Napoleon to cart. $4.56, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Pocket Books.
Add this copy of Napoleon to cart. $4.56, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1973 by Pocket Books.
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This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear.
Add this copy of Napoleon to cart. $5.00, good condition, Sold by Night Lights rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olancha, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1926 by Garden City.
Add this copy of Napoleon to cart. $5.46, good condition, Sold by Redux Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wyoming, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1925 by Ernst Rowohlt.
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Good. Size: 0x0x0; Hardcover. No DJ. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show light edge wear with rubbing/light scuffing. Front hinge cracked but binding intact. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. (Gebundene Ausgabe. Kein DJ. Die Seiten sind sauber und ohne Markierungen. Einbände weisen leichte Kantenabnutzung mit Abrieb/leichtem Abrieb auf. Vorderes Scharnier gebrochen, aber Bindung intakt. Exlibris des Vorbesitzers auf der Innenseite des Vorderdeckels.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Add this copy of Napoleon to cart. $5.90, good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1915 by Modern Library.
Excellent book. Written in 1923 by a serious historian and good writer (also a Napoleon fan). Good readability and apparently factual with a lot of personal detail w/o much, if any, detailed battle information. This is a personal portrayal.
