NAPOLÉON IER, CORRESPONDANCE GÉNÉRALE DE NAPOLÉON BONAPARTE, VOLUME 11: BRUITS DE BOTTES (GATHERING WARCLOUDS). APRIL-DECEMBER 1811

Whilst 1810 is generally held to be the acme of the Empire, 1811 was  more of a ‘curate's egg'. To be sure, there was relative peace on the Spanish front, there was British commercial discomfort, stability in the continental alliances, and the birth of the King of Rome, the celebrations for which were ending at the beginning of this volume, but all these factors could not hide the sapping weaknesses within the French Empire, in particular those of the economy, weaknesses from which Napoleon appeared to take flight, multiplying visits to his lands, and concentrating on grand abstract projects. For if this correspondence reveals one single, concrete idea which constantly occupies Napoleon's thoughts, it is that of reorganising the Grande Armée with a view to opening a war front to the east.
 
Read the introduction by Thierry Lentz, director of this volume. 
 
CONTENTS:
Preface by Luigi Mascili-Migliorini
Editorial Committee for the Correspondance of Napoleon
Introduction by Thierry Lentz
Editorial Principles by François Houdecek
The Correspondance of Napoleon Bonaparte (April 1811 – December 1811)
 
Annexes:
– Letters in private collections (text not available)
– Two apocryphal letters
– Timeline (1811), by Irène Delage
– Weights and measures and currency
– Maps:
– – The fortresses in the Empire
– – The Iberian Peninsula (April-December 1811)

Editorial Committee for the Correspondance of Napoleon  (continued)
Handwritten and bibliographical Sources (XI)
Index of Names
Index of places of where the letter were written
Table of illustrations