NAPOLEON AND THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA
An Historical Novel
BY L. MÜHLBACH
AUTHOR OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, JOSEPH II. AND HIS COURT, BERLIN AND SANS-SOUCI, FREDERICK THE GREAT AND HIS FAMILY, ETC.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY F. JORDAN
NEW YORK
1908
COPYRIGHT 1867, 1893,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
CONTENTS
| —— | |
| [BOOK I.] | |
| Chapter | |
| [I.] | Ferdinand von Schill |
| [II.] | The German Song |
| [III.] | The Oath of Vengeance |
| [IV.] | In Berlin |
| [V.] | Quiet is the Citizen's First Duty |
| [VI.] | The Faithful People of Stettin |
| [VII.] | The Queen's Flight |
| [VIII.] | Napoleon in Potsdam |
| [IX.] | Sans-Souci |
| [X.] | Napoleon's Entry into Berlin |
| [XI.] | Napoleon and Talleyrand |
| [XII.] | The Princess von Hatzfeld |
| [XIII.] | The Suppliant Princes |
| [XIV.] | Triumph and Defeat |
| [XV.] | The Victoria of Brandenburg Gate |
| —— | |
| [BOOK II.] | |
| [XVI.] | The Treaty of Charlottenburg |
| [XVII.] | The Secret Council of State |
| [XVIII.] | Baron von Stein |
| [XIX.] | The Queen at the Peasant's Cottage |
| [XX.] | Count Pückler |
| [XXI.] | The Patriot's Death |
| [XXII.] | Peace Negotiations |
| [XXIII.] | The Slanderous Articles |
| [XXIV.] | The Justification |
| [XXV.] | Countess Mary Walewska |
| [XXVI.] | The Dantzic Chocolate |
| —— | |
| [BOOK III.] | |
| [XXVII.] | Tilsit.--Napoleon and Alexander |
| [XXVIII.] | Queen Louisa |
| [XXIX.] | Bad Tidings |
| [XXX.] | Queen Louisa and Napoleon |
| —— | |
| [BOOK IV.] | |
| [XXXI.] | Baron von Stein |
| [XXXII.] | The Patriot |
| [XXXIII.] | Johannes von Müller |
| [XXXIV.] | The Call |
| [XXXV.] | Financial Calamities |
| [XXXVI.] | Prince William |
| [XXXVII.] | The Genius of Prussia |
| [XXXVIII.] | A Family Dinner |
| —— | |
| [BOOK V.] | |
| [XXXIX.] | French Erfurt |
| [XL.] | The Conspirators |
| [XLI.] | The Festivities of Erfurt and Weimar |
| [XLII.] | Napoleon and Goethe |
| [XLIII.] | The Chase and the Assassins |
| —— | |
| [BOOK VI.] | |
| [XLIV.] | The War with Austria |
| [XLV.] | Josephine's Farewell |
| [XLVI.] | Ferdinand von Schill |
| [XLVII.] | Schill takes the Field |
| [XLVIII.] | Schill's Death |
| [XLIX.] | The Parade at Schönbrunn |
| [L.] | Napoleon at Schönbrunn |
| [LI.] | Frederick Staps |
| [LII.] | An Execution |
| —— | |
| [BOOK VII.] | |
| [LIII.] | Homeward Bound |
| [LIV.] | The Emperor Francis and Metternich |
| [LV.] | The Archduchess Maria Louisa |
| [LVI.] | The Queen's Birthday |
| [LVII.] | Louisa's Death |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| [Portrait of Napoleon] |
| [The Oath of Revenge] |
| [The Queen in the Peasant's Cottage] |
| [Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia] |
| [The Emperor Francis and Metternich] |