Memoirs of Constant - First Valet de Chambre to the Emperor. Vol I

Nonfiction, History, Spain & Portugal, France, Military
Cover of the book Memoirs of Constant - First Valet de Chambre to the Emperor. Vol I by Louis Constant Wairy, Wagram Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Louis Constant Wairy ISBN: 9781908692481
Publisher: Wagram Press Publication: March 3, 2011
Imprint: Wagram Press Language: English
Author: Louis Constant Wairy
ISBN: 9781908692481
Publisher: Wagram Press
Publication: March 3, 2011
Imprint: Wagram Press
Language: English

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empress of the French. Achieving the rank of first valet de chambre to the Emperor after the previous incumbent Louis Marchand, who also wrote a memoir of his experiences shadowing Napoleon, had abandoned him in 1814.
A definite admirer of the Emperor, his place in the Emperor’s household allowed access to the Great man and as he says himself;
“From the departure of the First Consul for the campaign of Marengo, whither I attended him, until the departure from Fontainebleau, where I was obliged to leave the Emperor, I was absent from him only twice, the first time for three times twenty-four hours, the second for seven or eight days. Aside from these brief holidays, the last of which was necessary in order to restore my health, I quitted the Emperor no more than his shadow did.”
For this reason alone ensures that the memoirs which he wrote, and although not quite the “warts and all” portrait that Constant might have us believe it is of capital interest to the general reader and the Napoleonic enthuasiast.
Author – Louis Constant Wairy, known as Constant 02nd December 1778-1845
Foreword - Imbert de Saint-Amand. 1834-1900

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empress of the French. Achieving the rank of first valet de chambre to the Emperor after the previous incumbent Louis Marchand, who also wrote a memoir of his experiences shadowing Napoleon, had abandoned him in 1814.
A definite admirer of the Emperor, his place in the Emperor’s household allowed access to the Great man and as he says himself;
“From the departure of the First Consul for the campaign of Marengo, whither I attended him, until the departure from Fontainebleau, where I was obliged to leave the Emperor, I was absent from him only twice, the first time for three times twenty-four hours, the second for seven or eight days. Aside from these brief holidays, the last of which was necessary in order to restore my health, I quitted the Emperor no more than his shadow did.”
For this reason alone ensures that the memoirs which he wrote, and although not quite the “warts and all” portrait that Constant might have us believe it is of capital interest to the general reader and the Napoleonic enthuasiast.
Author – Louis Constant Wairy, known as Constant 02nd December 1778-1845
Foreword - Imbert de Saint-Amand. 1834-1900

More books from Wagram Press

Cover of the book A History of the British Army – Vol. I (1066-1713) by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book The manuscript of 1814. A history of events which led to the abdication of Napoleon by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Letters from Portugal and Spain: written during the march of the British troops under Sir John Moore by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Cavalry in the Waterloo Campaign by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book A Great Man’s Friendship by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Bonaparte In Egypt [Illustrated Edition] by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Talleyrand by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book History Of The Consulate And The Empire Of France Under Napoleon Vol. X [Illustrated Edition] by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot - late Lieutenant General in the French Army. Vol. I by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book History of The Campaign in France, in The Year 1814 by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Blücher And The Uprising Of Prussia Against Napoleon, 1806-1815 by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book With Wellington in the Pyrenees by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Celer et Audax — A Sketch of the Services of the 5th Battalion, 60th Regiment (Rifles) by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book Letters And Journals Of Field Marshal Sir William Maynard Gomm, G.C.B. &c, &c, From 1799 to Waterloo, 1815. by Louis Constant Wairy
Cover of the book A Campaign Of Ropes: by Louis Constant Wairy
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy