Identifier: lifeofnapoleonbo00tarb (find matches)
Title: A life of Napoleon Boneparte:
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Josephine, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1763-1814
Publisher: New York, McClure, Phillips & co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ly, and thatthere is no personal sacrifice, even that of his life, which he is not readyto make in the interest of France. For only a moment did the gigantic will waver under theshock of defeat, of treachery, and of abandonment. Uncer-tain of the fate of his wife and child, himself and his familydenounced by the allies, his army scattered, he braved every-thing until Marmont deserted him, and he saw one afteranother of his trusted officers join his enemies; then for amoment he gave up the fight and tried to end his life. Thepoison he took had lost its full force, and he recovered fromits effects. Even death would have none of him, he groaned. But this discouragement was brief. No sooner was it de-cided that his future home should be the island of Elba, andthat its affairs should be under his control, than he began toprepare for the journey to his little kingdom with the sameenergy and zest which had characterized him as emperor.On the 20th of April he left the palace of Fontainebleau.
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NAPOLEON AT FONTAINEBLEAU THE EVENING AFTER HIS ABDICATION^ APRIL II, 1814. FranQois, after Delaroche, 1845. 264 CHAPTER XXI RULER OF THE ISLAND OF ELBA RETURN TO PARIS THE HUNDRED DAYS THE SECOND ABDICATION A WEEK after bidding his Guard farewell, Napoleonsent from Frejus his first address to the inhabitantsof Elba: Circumstances having induced me to renounce the throne ofFrance, sacrificing my rights to the interests of the country, I reservedfor myself the sovereignty of the island of Elba, which has met withthe consent of all the powers. I therefore send you General Drouot,so that you may hand over to him the said island, with the militarystores and provisions, and the property which belongs to my imperialdomain. Be good enough to make known this new state of affairs to theinhabitants, and the choice which I have made of their island for mysojourn in consideration of the mildness of their manners and the ex-cellence of their climate. I shall take the greatest interest in theirwelf

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