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Title: Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
Author: L. Mühlbach,
Translator: F. Jordan
Release Date: October 17, 2006 [EBook #19562]
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NAPOLEON IN GERMANY

NAPOLEON AND THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA
An Historical Novel
BY L. MÜHLBACH
AUTHOR OF MARIE ANTOINETTE, JOSEPH II. AND HIS
COURT, BERLIN AND SANS-SOUCI, FREDERICK THE GREAT
AND HIS FAMILY, ETC.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY F. JORDAN
NEW YORK 1908 COPYRIGHT 1867, 1893, BY D. APPLETON
AND COMPANY
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CONTENTS
BOOK I.
CHAPTER
I.
Ferdinand von Schill II. The German Song III. The Oath of Vengeance
IV. In Berlin V. Quiet is the Citizen's First Duty VI. The Faithful
People of Stettin VII. The Queen's Flight VIII. Napoleon in Potsdam
IX. Sans-Souci X. Napoleon's Entry into Berlin XI. Napoleon and
Talleyrand XII. The Princess von Hatzfeld XIII. The Suppliant Princes
XIV. Triumph and Defeat XV. The Victoria of Brandenburg Gate
BOOK II.
XVI. The Treaty of Charlottenburg XVII. The Secret Council of State
XVIII. Baron von Stein XIX. The Queen at the Peasant's Cottage XX.
Count Pückler XXI. The Patriot's Death XXII. Peace Negotiations

XXIII. The Slanderous Articles XXIV. The Justification XXV.
Countess Mary Walewska XXVI. The Dantzic Chocolate
BOOK III.
XXVII. Tilsit.--Napoleon and Alexander XXVIII. Queen Louisa XXIX.
Bad Tidings XXX. Queen Louisa and Napoleon
BOOK IV.
XXXI. Baron von Stein XXXII. The Patriot XXXIII. Johannes von
Müller XXXIV. The Call XXXV. Financial Calamities XXXVI. Prince
William XXXVII. The Genius of Prussia XXXVIII. A Family Dinner
BOOK V.
XXXIX. French Erfurt XL. The Conspirators XLI. The Festivities of
Erfurt and Weimar XLII. Napoleon and Goethe XLIII. The Chase and
the Assassins
BOOK VI.
XLIV. The War with Austria XLV. Josephine's Farewell XLVI.
Ferdinand von Schill XLVII. Schill takes the Field XLVIII. Schill's
Death XLIX. The Parade at Schönbrunn L. Napoleon at Schönbrunn LI.
Frederick Staps LII. An Execution
BOOK VII.
LIII. Homeward Bound LIV. The Emperor Francis and Metternich LV.
The Archduchess Maria Louisa LVI. The Queen's Birthday LVII.
Louisa's Death

ILLUSTRATIONS
Portrait of Napoleon The Oath of Revenge The Queen in the Peasant's
Cottage Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia The Emperor Francis and

Metternich

NAPOLEON AND QUEEN LOUISA

BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
FERDINAND VON SCHILL.
Profound silence reigned in the valleys and gorges of Jena and
Auerstadt. The battles were over. The victorious French had marched to
Jena to repose for a few days, while the defeated Prussians had fled to
Weimar, or were wandering across the fields and in the mountains,
anxiously seeking for inaccessible places where they might conceal
their presence from the pursuing enemy.
A panic had seized the whole army. All presence of mind and sense of
honor seemed to be lost. Every one thought only of saving his life, and
of escaping from the conquering arms of the invincible French. Here
and there, it is true, officers succeeded by supplications and
remonstrances in stopping the fugitives, and in forming them into small
detachments, with which the commanders attempted to join the
defeated and retreating main force.
But where was this main army? Whither had the Prince of Hohenlohe
directed his vanquished troops? Neither the officers nor the soldiers
knew. They marched along the high-roads, not knowing whither to
direct their steps. But as soon as their restless eyes seemed to discern
French soldiers at a distance, the Prussians took to their heels, throwing
their muskets away to relieve their flight, and surrendering at discretion
when there was no prospect of escape. In one instance a troop of one
hundred Prussians surrendered to four French dragoons, who conducted
their prisoners to headquarters; and once a large detachment hailed in a
loud voice a few mounted grenadiers, who intended perhaps to escape

from their superior force, and gave the latter to understand, by signals
and laying down their arms, that they only wished to surrender and
deliver themselves to the French.
The Prussians had reached Jena and Auerstadt confident of victory, and
now had left the battle-field to carry the terrible tidings of their defeat,
like a host of ominously croaking ravens, throughout Germany.
The battle-field, on which a few hours previously Death had walked in
a triumphant procession, and felled thousands and thousands