Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 11

Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Volume 11

by Louis Constant Wairy and Walter Clark
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Publication Date: 27/11/2011

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During the second day of the battle of Dresden, at the end of which the Emperor had the attack of fever I mentioned in the preceding chapter, the King of Naples, or rather Marshal Murat, performed prodigies of valor. Much has been said of this truly extraordinary prince; but only those who saw him personally could form a correct idea of him, and even they never knew him perfectly until they had seen him on a field of battle. There he seemed like those great actors who produce a complete illusion amid the fascinations of the stage, but in whom we no longer find the hero when we encounter them in private life. While at Paris I attended a representation of the death of 'Hector' by Luce de Lancival, and I could never afterwards hear the verses recited in which the author describes the effect produced on the Trojan army by the appearance of Achilles without thinking of Prince Murat; and it may be said without exaggeration that his presence produced exactly this effect the moment he showed himself in front of the Austrian lines
ISBN:
9782819949251
9782819949251
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
27-11-2011
Language:
English

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