Napoleon And His Adopted Son: Eugène De Beauharnais And His Relations With the Emperor
The book Napoleon And His Adopted Son: Eugène De Beauharnais And His Relations With the Emperor was written by author Violette M Montagu Here you can read free online of Napoleon And His Adopted Son: Eugène De Beauharnais And His Relations With the Emperor book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Napoleon And His Adopted Son: Eugène De Beauharnais And His Relations With the Emperor a good or bad book?
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Napoleon's face betrayed what he was suffering on greeting his step-son ; he could only nod his head and take Eugene's hand when the latter asked him if it was true that he had made up his mind to divorce the Empress. On hearing his reply, Eugene said : " Sire, allow me to bid you farewell." " What do you mean ? " asked the Emperor. A PAINFUL FAMILY MEETING 233 " Oh ! Sire, the son of her who is no longer Empress can- not retain his position as viceroy. I wUl accompany my mother to her retreat ...— I will console her." " Do you want to leave me, then, Eugene ? You / . . . ah ! you do not know the reasons which force me to take this step. Supposing I have a son, the child for which I have so often longed, the son who is so necessary to me, who will take my place by his side when I am absent ? Who would be a father to him if I died ? Who would make a man of him ? " The Emperor's eyes filled with tears. Did some mysterious warning come to him at that moment when he was about to realize his most ambitious projects, that his child would need a father's care some day and find it not ?
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