Happy spring equinox! March 20 was also the day that Napoleon, freshly escaped from Elba, marched into Paris, greeted by cheering crowds. Keep reading alexandre walewski marie walewska napoleon napoleon bonaparte polish history francoise bernardy long post translation joachim murat caroline bonaparte d'ornano Only one hope, a rich marriage for the oldest daughter, Marie, born in 1786, who is beautiful and good. The four sons are valiant but weak, spendthrift, covered with debts, whether they work on the land or fight in the Polish legions in the service of France. Near the Boucaut armchairs, a Martin varnished chiffonier, behind, half-folded, a large screen of Coromandel lacquer.Ī heroic fighter in the last wars of Polish independence, Mathieu Laczynski, staroste of Gostyn, died young and desperate, leaving a widow and six children who can barely live off the mortgaged land of Kiernozia. The mirror of the fireplace reflects the charming features. On the wall is a beautiful portrait of a woman by Gerard: blonde, with beautiful eyes and a fine, gentle face. The room where the imperial gift is deposited is hung with light blue. On March 10, at the end of the afternoon, the Emperor brought a cradle decorated with silver laurel. In a few days, the archduke Charles has to marry in Vienna, in the name of the French Caesar, his yesterday’s victor, the daughter of the German Caesars.Īt 2 rue du Houssaye, in the then aristocratic district of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, a small hotel of elegant appearance.

Paris is moved by the preliminaries of Napoleon’s marriage with Marie-Louise. If I went to the (long and tedious) effort of translating the first chapter of Françoise Bernardy’s 1976 biography of Alexandre Walewski, I figure you guys should see it too. Other (specify in tags) See Results napoleon bonaparte josephine beauharnais charlotte robespierre fouche joseph fouché herault hérault de sechelles suzanne de la morency caroline bonaparte joachim murat murat joseph fievée theodore leclercq louis-antoine saint-just thérèse gellé theresia cabarrus jean-lambert tallien camille desmoulins lucile desmoulins mademoiselle raucourt sophie arnould clinch romance art frev french revolution napoleonic era let the games begin Theresia Cabarrus and Jean-Lambert Tallien Louis-Antoine Saint-Just and Thérèse Gellé Hérault de Sechelles and Suzanne de la Morency Napoleon Bonaparte and Josephine Beauharnais What should it be? (Editor’s note: the couples listed are ones where it is sure– or reasonably sure– they had sex.) Happy Valentine’s day! I’d like to do a sexy romance novel style clinch of the Frev/Napoleonic couple of your choice.

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