Contents
Chapter Page I [Early Life] 11 II [A Hard School] 19 III [Years of Peace] 36 IV [Troublous Times] 42 V [In Trust] 49 VI [The Austro-Prussian War] 56 VII [The Franco-Prussian War] 64 VIII [Sedan] 73 IX [Army Anecdotes] 88 X [Family Life of the Emperor] 101 XI [The Emperor’s Death] 112 [Appendix] 128