This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...extreme Residence at Constance 157 regret that it was out of his power to invite the Queen to make her home within the boundary of his dominions. The decree of the allied Powers that members of the Imperial family could only be permitted to reside in Russia, Austria, or Prussia precluded him from offering hospitality ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...extreme Residence at Constance 157 regret that it was out of his power to invite the Queen to make her home within the boundary of his dominions. The decree of the allied Powers that members of the Imperial family could only be permitted to reside in Russia, Austria, or Prussia precluded him from offering hospitality to the cousin of the Beauharnais wife from whom he had already, though in vain, been urged to seek a divorce. His message was a fresh blow to the travellers; and Stephanie's affectionate letters could do little to temper Hortense's disappointment. It was, however, clear that she could not be compelled to leave until some other domicile had been arranged for her, and she was permitted to await in her present quarters the decision of the Swiss cantons with regard to her suggested transference to St. Gall. When there had been more time to examine their surroundings, Constance did not appear to the travellers in so attractive a light as at first sight. Life in the single available inn was monotonous and dreary. The streets were covered with snow, French books were so scarce that it was with triumph that the Abbe Bertrand succeeded in unearthing a volume of Anecdotes de la cour de Philippe Auguste, no musical instrument could be procured, and the sole distraction to be had was afforded by the perusal of newspapers filled with intelligence little calculated to minister to the cheerfulness of the small party as they assembled in the solitary apartment serving alike as salon and dining-room. Now they were saddened by tidings of the execution of Marshal Ney, or again their joy at Lavallette's escape from prison was moderated by the continued captivity of his wife, in whose clothes his evasion had been effected. A paragraph in a Swiss journal stating tha...
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Two vols. 8vo, pp. 310, 328. Illustrated with portraits. Covers little worn, one hinge tender, o/w VG. TEG, 2 photogravure frontispieces, and 24 full-page illustrations. Hortense was Napoleon's stepdaughter (Josephine's daughter by her earlier marriage to Alexandre de Beauharnais); the wife Louis Bonaparte, and the mother of Napoleon III.
Add this copy of Queen Hortense and Her Friends, 1783-1837, Volume 2 to cart. $63.74, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2015 by Palala Press.
