CHAPTER TEN

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THE CONSULAR COURT

The Luxembourg--Important Rôle of Joséphine--Her Devotion to Napoleon--Secret of Her Power--Her Royalism--Assistance to the Émigrés--Importance to Napoleon’s Policy--Marriage of Caroline and Murat--The Tuileries--Life There--The New Society--Visits to Malmaison--The Château--Napoleon at His Best 88