Ebook Joachim Murat

The 'Army of Observation' - Command in Italy (1800-1801); Letters to La bastide; command at Dijon; Murat at Geneva and Milan; serves in Italy under General Brune; march into central Italy; affairs of Naples; Ancona occupied; birth of Achille Murat; Murat as a diplomatist; the Neapolitan treaty; Murat at Rome; returns to Florence; affairs of Egypt; Murat and Caroline; inauguration of the new 'Kingdom of Etruria'; conquest of Elba; Murat appointed Commander-in-Chief of the 'Army of Italy' with headquarters at Milan

Murat Commander-in-Chief at Milan (1801-1803); Reports on the affairs of the Cisalpine Republic; a new Constitution; Caroline at Mile; Peace of Amiens; Murat's fortune; revisits Paris; marriage of Louis Bonaparte and religious marriage of Murat and Caroline; return to Milan; the Constitution proclaimed; mysterious visit to Paris; Rome and Naples; birth of a daughter; Murat provides for his nephews and nieces; quarrels with Vice-President Melzi; troubles with Italian Liberals; Bonaparte insists on reconciliation with Melzi; birth of Lucien Murat; outbreak of war; quarrel with St. Cyr

Murat Military Govenor of Paris (1803-1805); Murat summoned to Paris; the elections; visit to La Bastide and Cahors; elected to the Assembly; Military Governor of Paris; affair of the Duc d'Enghien; coming of the Empire; Murat Marshal, Imperial Prince and Grand Admiral; the Elysee given to Caroline; the Coronation; projects against England; impending war with Austria; reconnaissance of south Germany; Murat Grand-Master of the Cavalry and Lieutenant-General of the Emperor; General Belliard; Murat at Strasburg; march into Germany; a forecast

The Campaign of Ulm and Austerlitz (1805); Murat screens the great turning movement round Ulm; passage of the Danube; Wertingen; dispute with Ney; Murat's mistakes; Haslach and Elchingen; Mack trapped at Ulm; pursuit of the Archduke Ferdinand; advance into Austria; Murat occupies Vienna; seizes the Danube bridge by a trick; Hollabrun and Austerlitz; death of Murat's mother