Napoleon Letters

Actor Rahul Bose lends his golden voice to some ethereal love letters written by some great personalities from the bygone era. Napolean Bonaparte (1763 – 1821) was not just a brilliant military mind and a feared ruler, but was also a prolific writer of letters. He reportedly wrote as many as...

Mme. Clicquot builds her legacy as the maker of France’s best champagne while, in the future, a modern divorcée looks to her letters for inspiration in this vibrant dual-timeline historical fiction novel that is “sheer, sparkling perfection” (Susanna Kearsley, New York Times bestselling...

Paris, 1814. Napoleon’s empire is collapsing. And a dead man has just written to his wife.For sixteen months, Élise de Villeneuve has mourned her husband, Colonel Henri de Villeneuve, reported killed during Napoleon’s disastrous retreat from Russia.Then a sealed letter arrives.The handwriting is unmistakably Henri’s.The message contains a terrifying warning:Trust no one who tells you how I died.Especially Captain Lucien Moreau.Lucien was Henri’s closest friend. He fought beside him in Russia. He was the man who returned to Paris and told Élise that her husband was dead.And now he ...

Lettres d'amour de Napoleon Bonaparte a Josephine de Beauharnais. Adaptation et Recit de David Serero.

The greatest love stories in history — and what they teach us about keeping love alive. Cleopatra smuggled herself to Caesar rolled in a carpet. A dying queen of Spain asked only to lie beside her husband forever. Beethoven hid a letter in a secret drawer for fifteen years, addressed to a woman history has never identified: my Immortal Beloved. From the author of A Thing of Beauty: The Life and Poetry of John Keats comes a meditation on eighteen of history's most extraordinary love affairs — emperors and poets, admirals and pianists, chemists and queens — told with the pace of fiction...

When the prefect of police comes to Dupin seeking help he explains how a letter has been stolen that could cause considerable discomfort to a certain powerful person. Strangely, they know who stole the letter, but arresting the culprit is not the issue; recovering this precious letter is the goal.

Love. Perhaps our greatest quest in life is to love and be loved in return. A task as easy and as difficult as the people involved. Here the beloved British actor and Hollywood star David Niven reads a selection of letters from across the Centuries and across the Continents; Napoleon to Josephine, Abraham Lincoln to the Other Mary, Shelley to Mary Godwin are among the treats you'll hear.

This collection of letters conveys timeless tales of love and passion written by some of the most interesting male figures in history, including revolutionary thinkers, visionary painters, and enlightened writers. Even dark minds like Edgar Allan Poe experience love, and each letter reveals personal desires, intimate details, and intense emotions.

This audiobook from 1862 is a collection of published letters discussing the pros and cons of raising regiments consisting entirely of coloured soldiers to fight for the Union during the American Civil War. These arguments present the views of the time, and it's fascinating to see viewpoints so alien to our modern sensibilities. For instance, at the time these letters were being written, half of the members of the Northern government were against allowing any coloured citizens to own or bear arms.