CHAPTER FIFTEEN

1804

EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH

The Empire Proclaimed--The Ceremony at Saint-Cloud--Joséphine Hailed as Empress--Dissatisfaction of the Bonapartes--Chagrin of Caroline--Napoleon Yields--Joséphine’s Attitude--Eugène de Beauharnais--The Fête of the 14 July--Visit to the Banks of the Rhine--A Letter from Napoleon--The Court at Mayence--Return to Saint-Cloud 139