A Daughter of Napoleon (Classic Reprint): Memoirs of Emilie De Pellapra, Comtesse De Brigode Princess De Chimay: Memoirs of Emilie de Pellapra, Comtesse de Brigode Princess de Chimay (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Daughter of Napoleon: Memoirs of Emilie De Pellapra, Comtesse De Brigode Princess De Chimay
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Excerpt from A Daughter of Napoleon: Memoirs of Emilie De Pellapra, Comtesse De Brigode Princess De Chimay

Princess Bibesco, née Lahovary, has asked me to lay these brief memoirs before the public as the recollections of her husband's grandmother.

Her choice falls on me because in one of my books, "Napoleon and Women," there is an allusion to the heroine, or rather to her mother. I mentioned Mme. Pellapra, whose daughter, the subject of these memoirs, was first Comtesse de Brigode, and afterward Princess de Chimay; and without stating directly that Mme. Pellapra became a mother, I did observe that she had attracted the attention of Napoleon. If the information that I was able to gather were not so slight, I should now give some details as to this intimacy, for my intention is to speak only of events in which the Emperor took part. Near as we are now to the centenary of his death, the thought of him evokes a religious respect. Some one has recently dared to say that this last war has dimmed the brightness of his glory, but in spite of detractors, he remains the instructor of those whose achievements have value, whether as soldiers, jurists, administrators, or leaders of men. These all admit and proclaim, indeed, that without him and the impression received from his example, they would have been submerged in a colorless mass, and disappeared without honor or renown.

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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.