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Napoleon

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by Adam Zamoyski


  Soult, Marshal Nicolas: questions possibility of embarking army for invasion of England, 361; made marshal, 375; opposes Austrians, 377; skirmish with Bennigsen, 411; in Spain, 445, 461–2, 492, 563; animosity towards Ney, 461; differences with Joseph, 551; Wellington defeats at Orthez, 582; arrives in France from Spain, 586; at Ligny and Waterloo, 616, 618; raises troops after Waterloo, 621

  Spain: peace treaty with France (1795), 93; treasure and bullion, 387–8; prospective alliance with coalition, 413; and French advance on Portugal, 425; social/political backwardness, 428–9; French forces in, 429; N travels to, 429–30; Joseph as king (José I), 431–4; N devises new constitution for, 432; hostility to French, 433; French military actions in, 434–5; N visits and seeks to pacify, 444–6; anti-French Europeans look to for liberation, 461; guerrilla warfare in, 461; progress of war in, 492; N proposes bilateral withdrawal of troops, 509; N withdraws troops from, 550; Wellington’s offensive in, 563

  Spina, Monsignor Giuseppe, Archbishop of Corinth, 292

  Stadion, Count Johann Philipp, 449

  Staël, Germaine de, 88, 169, 173, 256, 279, 289, 305, 306, 507; De l’influence des passions sur le bonheur des individus et des nations, 124

  Staps, Friedrich, 467

  Stein, Baron Karl vom, 507

  Stendhal (Marie-Henri Beyle), 123

  Stengel, General Henri, 110

  Stockach, battle of (1800), 272

  Stokoe, John, 640

  Stürmer, Bartholomäus, Baron, 636

  Suchet, General Louis-Gabriel, 72, 108, 272, 461

  Suez Canal, 39, 160, 175, 193, 217, 300

  Sułkowski, Prince Antoni, 406

  Sułkowski, Józef, 136, 140, 185, 194

  Sweden: in League of Neutrals, 300; as potential enemy of France, 402; and Treaty of Tilsit, 416; invites Bernadotte to take throne, 495–6; rejects N’s demands for alliance against Russia, 506; joins coalition (1813), 568

  Switzerland: France invades, 211; Britain defends, 334

  Syria: N’s campaign against, 197–203

  Talavera, battle of (1809), 462

  Talleyrand, Charles-Maurice de: praises N as peacemaker, 4–5; perceives N’s power and ambition, 8; proposes colonies in Egypt and Africa, 162, 173–4, 195; N meets in Paris (1797), 169, 173; advocates invasion of Egypt, 173; and scheming over successor to N, 179; proposed visit to Constantinople, 181; discussions with N, 217, 221; favours N allying with Barras, 218–19; and Brumaire coup, 228, 230; N names as foreign minister, 237; qualities, 247–8; relations with N, 247–8; presents diplomatic corps to Josephine, 253; letter from Grenville replying to N’s peace offer, 268; profits financially from rumours, 279; contacts with royalists, 282; attitude to Church, 291–2; negotiations with Spina, 292, 307; and N’s action against Jacobins, 295; disparages British, 301; and N’s treatment of opponents, 306; meets Cisalpine delegates at Lyon, 309–11; urges upgrade in N’s status, 318; at Ratisbon, 333; denies French intention to oust British from Egypt, 335; Whitworth demands French evacuate Netherlands, 336; recommends alliance with Austria, 342; and royalist conspiracy, 344–6; demands expulsion of active émigrés from foreign courts, 347; claims to oppose execution of Enghien, 348; distrustful relations with N, 348; on N’s qualities as ruler, 349; advocates granting supreme authority to N, 350; as grand chamberlain, 357; released from holy orders and marries mistress, 357; messages to Francis I, 374, 374–5; and N’s intention to invade England, 374–5; Austrian and Prussian delegates confer with, 381; urges clemency towards Austria, 385; message from Fox on royalist plot against N, 396; N withdraws from negotiations over Ferdinand of Naples, 396; as prince of Benevento, 398; and N’s dismissal of Prussian threat, 402; favours founding of Polish state, 407; controls Polish council, 411; N removes from Ministry of Foreign Relations, 420; believes in alliance with Spain, 429; and N’s negotiations in Spain, 430, 430–1; with N at Erfurt, 438–9, 442; on N’s lack of confidence in achievements, 443; conspires with Fouché, 447; N dismisses and insults, 448; favours Marie-Louise as N’s second wife, 473; restraining influence on N, 482; advocates using Polish state as buffer, 512; and proposed peace negotiations with Russia, 550; Ferdinand of Spain stays with, 573; N threatens, 574; settlement with Alexander after fall of Paris, 586–7; and N’s delegates’ meeting with Alexander, 588; Ney submits to, 590; plans elimination of N, 592–3; stands up to N, 592; gathers intelligence on N at Elba, 603; at Congress of Vienna, 612; drafts declaration outlawing N, 612; joins Louis XVIII in Belgium, 622; and Louis XVIII’s return to throne, 624

  Tallien, Jean-Lambert, 88, 104

  Tallien, Thérèse, 89, 100, 132, 138, 262

  Talma, Julie, 88

  Tardivon, Monseigneur de, abbot of Saint-Ruf, 34

  Terror: ends, 83

  Theophilanthropy, 169, 172

  Théviotte, Lieut. Colonel, 192

  Thibaudeau, Antoine-Claire, 213, 265, 288, 290, 314, 318, 328, 349

  Thouin, André, 128, 156

  Thugut, Johann Amadeus von, 158, 164

  Thurn und Taxis, Princess Theresa of, 442

  Tilsit, treaty of (1807), 414–16, 437, 494

  Tipu Sahib, Sultan of Mysore, 160

  Toby (Malay slave), 640

  Tolentino, Treaty of (1797), 149

  Tolstoy, Count Pyotr Alexandrovich, 437

  Tone, Wolfe, 172

  Töplitz, Treaty of (1813), 570

  Tormasov, General Alexander, 514, 522

  Toulon: Jacobin terror in, 64; N commands artillery at, 68–73; British evacuate, 73; French purge, 73–4; N protects returning French noble families, 81; N embarks at for Egypt, 177–8

  Toussaint Louverture, Pierre-Dominique, 329–32

  Trafalgar, battle of (1805), 379–80

  Transpadane Republic, 159

  Trento, 137

  Tréville, Admiral Latouche see Latouche Tréville, Admiral Louis René Levassor

  Tribunal de Cassation, 265

  Tribunate: composition, 241; appointments to, 311; and proposed elevation of N’s powers, 318–19; reduced (1802), 323; declares France an empire, 351

  Trieste, 138

  Tronchet, François-Denis, 286

  Truchsess-Waldburg, Count von, 597

  Truguet, Rear-Admiral Laurent, 59

  Tugendbund, 461

  Tuileries: attacked by Paris mob, 55, 57; consuls move to, 251–3; life and court at, 261–3

  Turenne, Marshal Henri de la Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de, 280

  Turner, J.M.W., 325

  Turreau, Louis, 80

  Tuscany, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of see Würzburg, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of

  Tuscany, Grand Duchy of, 426

  Tussaud, Marie, 325

  Tyrol: rising, 449, 457

  Ulm, battle of (1805), 377–9

  Undaunted, HMS, 599

  United States: N signs treaty with, 299; and N’s colonial policy, 330; purchases Louisiana from France, 337; N prepares for flight to, 621–2

  University of France: founded, 390

  Valence, 33, 47, 48, 210

  Valette, General Antoine: demoted, 136

  Valfort, chevalier de, 27

  Vandamme, General Dominique-René, 465, 504, 567

  Vanlerberghe, Joseph, 387–8

  Varese, abbé, 19

  Vauban, Sébastien le Prestre de, 33

  Vaubois, General Claude-Henri Belgrand de, 140, 142, 180

  Vauchamps, battle of (1814), 581

  Vendée, the, 65, 82–3, 299

  Vendémiaire event (1795), 93, 95–7

  Venice: N declares war on and plunders, 151, 260; N occupies, 159; N meets Joseph in, 427

  Verdier, General Jean-Antoine, 96, 192

  Verninac, Raymond, 159

  Verona, 128, 134, 140, 151

  Versailles, Treaty of (1768), 13

  Victor Amadeus, King of Sardinia, 115, 126, 139

  Victor, Marshal Claude: on N’s appearance, 74; at Marengo, 276; in Spain, 461–2; in retreat from Moscow, 542; follows Louis XVIII into exile, 614


  Vienna: N marches on (1797), 149–50; N occupies (1805), 379; N reaches (1809), 451

  Vienna, Congress of (1814–15), 604

  Vienna, Treaty of (1809), 468

  Vigée-Lebrun, Elisabeth, 325

  Vignali, Ane Paul, abbé, 642

  Vigo-Roussillon, Sergeant François, 110, 125, 184, 206

  Villeneuve, Admiral Pierre de, 379

  Villeret, Louis Brun de, 409

  Vilna (Vilnius), 53, 511, 513, 517–19, 534, 545, 547

  Vincent, General Charles, baron de, 444

  Vitebsk, 521–2, 538

  Volkonsky, Prince Sergei, 496

  Volney, Constantin de, 51, 306, 350

  Voltaire, François Marie Arouet, 12, 212; Mahomet, 438; Oedipe, 439

  Wagram, battle of (1809), 454–6, 464, 467

  Walcheren, 467, 479

  Walewska, Maria, Countess: affair with N, 410–13, 428, 466; pregnancy, 466; installed in Paris, 483; and N’s return to Paris after Russian campaign, 545; visits N at Fontainebleau, 595; visits N on Elba, 602

  Warsaw, 407–10, 544; Grand Duchy of, 416, 420, 457, 491, 494, 498, 553, 564

  Washington, George, 299

  Waterloo, battle of (1815), 617–19

  Welle, Philipp, 635, 639

  Wellesley, General Arthur see Wellington, 1st Duke of

  Wellesley, Richard Colley, Marquis, 477

  Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of: defeats Junot in Portugal, 435; advances into Spain, 461–2; pushed back into Portugal, 492; Salamanca victory, 526–7; captures Madrid, 533, 563; defeats Joseph at Vitoria, 563; Orthez victory, 582; opposes N, 616; Waterloo victory, 617–18

  West, Benjamin, 325

  Westphalia, kingdom of: created, 416; under Jérôme’s rule, 457–8

  Whitworth, Charles, Earl, 300, 332, 335–6

  Wickham, William, 282

  Wieland, Christoph Martin, 440

  Wilson, General Sir Robert, 541, 639

  Wintzingerode, General Ferdinand von, 536

  Wittgenstein, General Ludwig von, Prince, 556

  women: social leaders in Paris, 88–9; N’s view of, 173, 179, 257, 286; in Egypt, 192

  Würmser, Field Marshal Dagobert von, 134, 137–8, 139, 148

  Württemberg, Catherine, Princess of (later Queen of Westphalia; Jérôme’s wife): marriage to Jérôme, 427, 458; meets N in Dresden, 510; asks N to stand godfather to child, 602; father attempts to engineer divorce, 629; refused permission to visit St Helena, 641; see also Frederick I, King of Württemberg

  Würzburg, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of (earlier Grand Duke of Tuscany), 510

  Yarmouth, Francis Charles Seymour Conway, Earl of (later 3rd Marquess of Hertford), 396

  Yorck von Wartemburg, General Ludwig, 551–2

  Young, Edward: Night Thoughts, 56

  Yvan, Dr Alexandre Urbain, 539, 594

  Zajączek, General Józef, 406–7

  Zealous, HMS, 188

  Znaïm, 456

  Also by Adam Zamoyski

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  THE BATTLE FOR THE MARCHLANDS

  PADEREWSKI

  THE POLISH WAY

  THE LAST KING OF POLAND

  THE FORGOTTEN FEW: THE POLISH AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  HOLY MADNESS: ROMANTICS, PATRIOTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES, 1776–1871

  1812: NAPOLEON’S FATAL MARCH ON MOSCOW

  RITES OF PEACE: THE FALL OF NAPOLEON AND THE CONGRESS OF VIENNA

  WARSAW 1920: LENIN’S FAILED CONQUEST OF EUROPE

  POLAND: A HISTORY

  CHOPIN: PRINCE OF THE ROMANTICS

  PHANTOM TERROR: THE THREAT OF REVOLUTION AND THE REPRESSION OF LIBERTY 1789–1848

  About the Author

  ADAM ZAMOYSKI is the author of over a dozen books on key figures and aspects of European history, among them 1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow and its sequel Rites of Peace: The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna, both Sunday Times bestsellers. His books have been translated into Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Persian as well as most of the European languages. He lives in London and Poland, and is married to the painter Emma Sergeant.

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