Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud (Being secret letters from a gentleman at Paris to a nobleman in London) — Volume 1

Project Gutenberg's Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 1, by Lewis GoldsmithThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Memoirs of the Court of St. Cloud, Volume 1 Being Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman inLondonAuthor: Lewis GoldsmithRelease Date: December 4, 2004 [EBook #3892]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK COURT OF ST. CLOUD ***Produced by David WidgerMEMOIRS OF THE COURT OF ST. CLOUDBy Lewis GoldsmithBeing Secret Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman in LondonPUBLISHERS' NOTE.The present work contains particulars of the great Napoleon not to be found in any other publication, and forms aninteresting addition to the information generally known about him.The writer of the Letters (whose name is said to have been Stewarton, and who had been a friend of the EmpressJosephine in her happier, if less brilliant days) gives full accounts of the lives of nearly all Napoleon's Ministers andGenerals, in addition to those of a great number of other characters, and an insight into the inner life of those who formedNapoleon's Court.All sorts and conditions of men are dealt with—adherents who have come over from the Royalist camp, as well as thosewho have won their way upwards as soldiers, as ...