Napoleon In Exile Or A Voice From St Helena Vol 1 Of 2 PDF Download

Excerpt from Napoleon in Exile, or a Voice From St. Helena, Vol. 1 of 2: The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events in His Life and Government, in His Own Words The few alleviations which I had it in m power to offer, Napoleon repaid by the condesvension witi which lie hou ored nu ind my necessary professional intercourse was soon increased into an intimacy, if I may spzak of inti maev With such a personage. In fact, in the seclusion of lniigwood, he soon almost entirely laid aside the emperor, With those about him, he. Conversed familiarly on his past life. And sketched the characters, and detailed the anecdotes which are here presented faithfully to the reader. The un reserved manner in which he s okc of everything, can only be conceived b those who Eeard him; and though where his own condyuct was questioned, he had a natural human leaning towards himself - still truth appeared to be his principal, if not his only object. In the elincation of character he was peculiarly fehcitous. His mind seemed to concentrate its beams on the object he wished to eluci dau, and its prominent features became instantly discerni ble. The intimate acquaintance which he necessarily pos sessed with all the great characters who figured in Europe for the last thirty years, gave to his Opinions and observa tions more than ordinary interest: indeed from no other source could such authentic information be acquired. Not withstanding the interval which elapsed since many of the occurrences alluded to took place, and the distracting occu pations which must have employed his mind, it was won dertul to see how freshly he remembered every transaction which became the subject of inquiry. If there was any tnmg more extraordinary than this, it was the apathy with which he perused the libels which were written on him ne seemed inspired with a conviction of posthumous fame, beyond the reach of contemporary depreciation. But per haps a knowledge of the man may be better acquired from seeing him as he reall was during the first three years of his residence at St. Elena, than from any speculative deduction-as he appeared, spoke, acted, and seemed to feel, the reader shall have him. It may perhaps be only right to add, that some of the observations or arguments on particular subjects were committed to paper from Na poleon's own dictation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.