The History of Hortense: Daughter of Josephine, Queen of Holland, Mother of Napoleon III

 
Reprint of Abbot's classic work on Hortense. This is an historical account of Hortense. Her father was guillotined and her mother imprisoned and she and her brother were turned penniless into the streets. By the marriage of her mother with Napoleon, she became the daughter of the Emperor, and one of the most brilliant and illustrious ladies of the imperial court. The triumph of the Allies sent her into exile, where her influence and her instruction prepared her son to contribute powerfully to the restoration of the Empire and to reign with ability. The mother of Napoleon III never allowed her royally-endowed son to forget, even in exile that it might yet be his privilege to re-establish the Republican Empire.
 
About the author:
He was born in 1805 in Brunswick, Maine (USA), and died in 1877. Abott was an American historian, pastor, and pedagogical writer.