Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon
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Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION.
Chapter 2 THE YOUNG MAID.
Chapter 3 THE BETROTHAL.
Chapter 4 THE YOUNG BONAPARTE.
Chapter 5 THE UNHAPPY MARRIAGE.
Chapter 6 TRIANON AND MARIE ANTOINETTE.
Chapter 7 LIEUTENANT NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Chapter 8 A PAGE FROM HISTORY.
Chapter 9 JOSEPHINE'S RETURN.
Chapter 10 THE DAYS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Chapter 11 THE TENTH OF AUGUST, AND THE LETTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.
Chapter 12 THE EXECUTION OF THE QUEEN.
Chapter 13 THE ARREST.
Chapter 14 IN PRISON.
Chapter 15 DELIVERANCE.
Chapter 16 BONAPARTE IN CORSICA.
Chapter 17 NAPOLEON BONAPARTE BEFORE TOULON.
Chapter 18 BONAPARTE'S IMPRISONMENT.
Chapter 19 THE THIRTEENTH VENDEMIAIRE.
Chapter 20 THE WIDOW JOSEPHINE BEAUHARNAIS.
Chapter 21 THE NEW PARIS.
Chapter 22 THE FIRST INTERVIEW.
Chapter 23 MARRIAGE.
Chapter 24 BONAPARTE'S LOVE-LETTERS.
Chapter 25 JOSEPHINE IN ITALY.
Chapter 26 BONAPARTE AND JOSEPHINE IN MILAN.
Chapter 27 THE COURT OF MONTEBELLO.
Chapter 28 THE PEACE OF CAMPO FORMIO.
Chapter 29 DAYS OF TRIUMPH.
Chapter 30 PLOMBIERES AND HALMAISON.
Chapter 31 THE FIRST FAITHLESSNESS.
Chapter 32 THE EIGHTEENTH BRUMAIRE.
Chapter 33 THE TUILERIES.
Chapter 34 THE INFERNAL MACHINE.
Chapter 35 THE CASHMERES AND THE LETTER.
Chapter 36 MALMAISON.
Chapter 37 FLOWERS AND MUSIC.
Chapter 38 PRELUDE TO THE EMPIRE.
Chapter 39 THE POPE IN PARIS.
Chapter 40 THE CORONATION.
Chapter 41 DAYS OF HAPPINESS.
Chapter 42 DIVORCE.
Chapter 43 THE DIVORCED.
Chapter 44 DEATH.
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Chapter 12 THE EXECUTION OF THE QUEEN.

The king's execution was the signal-fire which announced to the horrified world the beginning of the reign of terror, and told Europe that in France the throne had been torn down, and in its stead the guillotine erected. Yes, the guillotine alone now ruled over France; the days of moderation, of the Girondists, had passed away; the terrorists, name

             
            

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