Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821)

See biography, media, quotes. A general of the French Revolution; the ruler of France as First Consul (Premier Consul) of the French Republic from 11 November 1799 to 18 May 1804; then Emperor of the French (Empereur des Français) and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I from 18 May 1804 to 6 April 1814; and briefly restored as Emperor from March 20 to June 22 of 1815.

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Personal letters 1.2 Speeches 1.2.1 Egyptian Campaign 1.2.2 1803-1805 1.2.3 Austerlitz Campaign 1.2.4 Other 1.3 Other 2 Works about Napoleon 3 Further reading

[edit] Works

• Memoirs of Napoleon^{Gutenberg, please copy to Wikisource!}
• Tendresses impériales

[edit] Personal letters

• Letter to the Pope, 1804
• Letter to the King of England, January 2, 1805
• Letter to Jerome Bonaparte about Betsy Patterson, May 6, 1805
• Letters to Josephine[1]
• Letter to General Lapi, upon leaving Elba, February 26, 1815

[edit] Speeches

• Speech to his troops in Italy
• Second speech to his troops in Italy, May 15 1796
• Speech to the Directory, December 10 1797

[edit] Egyptian Campaign

• Proclamation to the Troops on Entering Toulon May 9, 1798
• Proclamation to the Troops on Embarking for Egypt June, 1798
• Proclamation to the Egyptians July, 1798
• Letter to "The Directory" 24 July 1798
• Order Respecting the Government of Egypt, July 27, 1798
• Letter to Tippoo Saib, Jan. 25, 1799
• Proclamation to the Army on the Abandoning of the Siege of Acre, May, 1799
• Army of the East, General Orders, July 1799
• Army of the East, General Orders, August 1, 1799
• Proclamation to the Army on his Departure for France, August 1799
• Proclamation to French People, November 10, 1799
• Proclamation to the Army of the East, November, 1799
• Speech on the Egyptian Campaign, 1798

[edit] 1803-1805

• Order to Seize all English in France, Announced in the Moniteur, May, 1803
• Address to the Troops on Presenting the Colors, December 3, 1804

[edit] Austerlitz Campaign

• Proclamation to the Troops on the Commencement of the War of the Third Coalition, September, 1805
• Address to the Austrians, after the Fall of Ulm October 1805
• Address to the Troops after the War of the Third Coalition October, 1805
• Proclamation to the Soldiers before the Battle of Austerlitz December 1, 1805
• Napoleon's Speech at Austerlitz, December 2, 1805
• Proclamation after the Battle of Austerlitz December 3, 1805
• Address to the Soldiers on the Signing of Peace with Austria December 26, 1805
• Speech on the Anniversary of Austerlitz, 1806

[edit] Other

• Discourse at the Opening of the Legislative Body, February 14, 1813
• Address to the Legislative Body, December 1813

• Address to the Guard, April 2, 1814
• Speech of Abdication, April 2, 1814
• Speech following his abdication, to his soldiers at Fontainebleau, April 20, 1814
• Farewell to the Old Guard, April 20, 1814

• Proclamation to the French People on His Return from Elba, March 5, 1815
• Proclamation to the Army on His Return from Elba, March 5, 1815
• Speech upon returning from exile at Elba, 1815
• Proclamation on the Anniversary of the Battles of Marengo and Friedland, June 14, 1815
• Proclamation to the Belgians, June 17, 1815
• Napoleon's Proclamation to the French People on His Second Abdication, June 22, 1815
• Bonaparte's Protest, Written on Board the Bellerophon August 4, 1815
• "Five years after Bonaparte had become the head of the French government he sums up the general situation in France in a statement which he laid before the Legislative Body" December 31, 1804.

[edit] Other

• Statement condemning the Execution of Emigrants, May 16, 1798

[edit] Works about Napoleon

• Napoleon I, as described in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
• Napoleon; Man of the World, 1850 by Ralph Waldo Emerson, as part of Representative Men
• "The Death of Napoleon", by Isaac McClellan
• Historic Doubts Relative to Napoleon Buonaparte, satirical piece denying Napoleon's existence

[edit] Further reading

• History of the United States 1801-09 (1889-90) by Henry Adams recounts the circumstances surrounding the Louisiana Purchase and Napoleon's influence on the United States afterwards; see table of contents for links to vol. 1: ch. 13-17; vol. 2: ch. 1-3, 12, 16; vol. 3: ch. 16.

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