Love Letters: Napoleon

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The next of our free love letters is written by Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). Born in Corsica, he became a French army officer in 1785, and after rapid promotion took command of the Army of the Interior in 1795. After a coup in 1799, Napoleon became first consul, and emperor in 1804. Between 1804 and 1810 he consolidated his empire in Europe. In 1814, following defeat in Russia, he abdicated and was banished to Elba. In 1815 he resumed power, but was crushed at the Battle of Waterloo and exiled to St. Helena, where he died in 1821.

However, perhaps more tumultuous than his military and political career, was his love affair with Josephine. If fact, so famous was their union that it is researched, discussed and analyzed two centuries later!

Napoleon to Josephine, 1795

I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil. Sweet, incomparable Josephine, what a strange effect you have on my heart! Are you angry? Do I see you looking sad? Are you worried?...

My soul aches with sorrow, and there can be no rest for you lover; but is there still more in store for me when, yielding to the profound feelings which overwhelm me, I draw from your lips, from your heart a love which consumes me with fire? Ah! it was last night that I fully realized how false an image of you your portrait gives!

You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours. Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire.

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