Hortense

between the members of the Imperial family. The authenticity of the letters is beyond all possible question. How much more charitable should we be could we but fully understand the struggles and the anguish to which all human hearts are exposed.

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Chapter V.

Birth of Louis Napoleon and

the Divorce of Josephine.

1808-1809

Birth of Louis Napoleon.

The latter part of July, 1807, Hortense, in the state of anguish which the preceding chapter develops,


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between the members of the Imperial family. The authenticity of the letters is beyond all possible question. How much more charitable should we be could we but fully understand the struggles and the anguish to which all human hearts are exposed.

* * *


Chapter V.

Birth of Louis Napoleon and

the Divorce of Josephine.

1808-1809

Birth of Louis Napoleon.

The latter part of July, 1807, Hortense, in the state of anguish which the preceding chapter develops,


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