CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

1807

DEATH OF NAPOLEON-CHARLES

Birth of Napoleon’s First Child--Death of the Crown-Prince of Holland--Grief of Hortense--Joséphine Goes to Laeken--She is Joined There by Hortense--Napoleon’s Letters to His Wife and Daughter--His Apparent Indifference--Joséphine Writes to Hortense--The Emperor’s Letters after Friedland--The Peace Conferences at Tilsit--Napoleon Declines the Queen’s Rose--His Return to Paris 225