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Title: Napoleon and King Murat, a biography compiled from hitherto unknown and unpublished documents
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Espitalier, Albert, b. 1874 May, James Lewis, 1893-
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 Joachim Murat, King of Naples, 1767-1815 Naples (Kingdom) -- History
Publisher: London : John Lane New York, John Lane Company

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nta letter in which, while expressing her thanks to Napoleonfor liis kindness, she pleaded her recent miscarriage as thereason which compelled her to decline. Notwithstandingthis, the united testimony of all who were about her atthe time was to the effect that her health was excellent.The real reason of her refusal was that she dared notleave Naples, not knowing when, if ever, she would return. I learned, from a source which left no room for doubt,writes Durant, that the Queen was violently disquietedat the manner in which all these annexation rumourswere gathering form and substance. The Kings lettersdid nothing to diminish her anxiety ; they had indeedthe contrary effect. On the 6th May she resolved tounburden herself to the French Ambassador. Shequestioned whether her departure at a time when theKings absence had already added force to the rumourswhich were disturbing the country would not haveregrettable consequences. For a long time the Queen * Jatischeff. Alexandre et Napolhn i.
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MADAME MKKKFrom the collection of A, M. liioatlley, Esq. THE RISE OF THE NATIONALISTS 123 had dismissed the rumours of annexation which hadreached her ears, but now they began to proceed fromso many sources and were so uniform in tenour thatthe Kings silence did not reassure her. The thoughtof leaving Naples, never perhaps to return, of beingseparated from her children, of leaving them behind ina country where she feared that trouble might breakout any day, occasioned her so much pain and bitter-ness, that either she could not conceal from me whatwas in her mind or forbore to make the attempt. Butshe was above all anxious that I should share her viewsregarding the kingdom, those views being that if it bethe Emperors intention to incorporate it with the Empire,the process should be carried out with care and circum-spection, since otherwise the tranquillity of the countrymight be imperilled and the ever active designs of theSicilians and the English be assisted. ^ About her, every one i

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