{"product_id":"2940013321526","title":"MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, VOLUME 2","description":"CONTENTS:\u003cbr\u003eChapter V. to Chapter XIV.  1798\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1797.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Signature of the preliminaries of peace--Fall of Venice--My arrival\u003cbr\u003e     and reception at Leoben--Bonaparte wishes to pursue his success--\u003cbr\u003e     The Directory opposes him--He wishes to advance on Vienna--Movement\u003cbr\u003e     of the army of the Sambre-et-Meuse--Bonaparte's dissatisfaction--\u003cbr\u003e     Arrival at Milan--We take up our residence at Montebello--Napoleon's\u003cbr\u003e     judgment respecting Dandolo and Melzi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI joined Bonaparte at Leoben on the 19th of April, the day after the\u003cbr\u003esignature of the preliminaries of peace.  These preliminaries resembled\u003cbr\u003ein no respect the definitive treaty of Campo Formio.  The still\u003cbr\u003eincomplete fall of the State of Venice did not at that time present an\u003cbr\u003eavailable prey for partition.  All was arranged afterwards.  Woe to the\u003cbr\u003esmall States that come in immediate contact with two colossal empires\u003cbr\u003ewaging war!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere terminated my connection with Bonaparte as a comrade and equal, and\u003cbr\u003ethose relations with him commenced in which I saw him suddenly great,\u003cbr\u003epowerful, and surrounded with homage and glory.  I no longer addressed\u003cbr\u003ehim as I had been accustomed to do.  I appreciated too well his personal\u003cbr\u003eimportance.  His position placed too great a social distance between him\u003cbr\u003eand me not to make me feel the necessity of fashioning my demeanour\u003cbr\u003eaccordingly.  I made with pleasure, and without regret, the easy\u003cbr\u003esacrifice of the style of familiar companionship and other little\u003cbr\u003eprivileges.  He said, in a loud voice, when I entered the salon where he\u003cbr\u003ewas surrounded by the officers who formed his brilliant staff, \"I am glad\u003cbr\u003eto see you, at last\"--\"Te voila donc, enfin;\", but as soon as we were\u003cbr\u003ealone he made me understand that he was pleased with my reserve, and\u003cbr\u003ethanked me for it.  I was immediately placed at the head of his Cabinet.\u003cbr\u003eI spoke to him the same evening respecting the insurrection of the\u003cbr\u003eVenetian territories, of the dangers which menaced the French, and of\u003cbr\u003ethose which I had escaped, etc.  \"Care thou[*] nothing about it,\" said he;\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     [*]--[He used to 'tutoyer' me in this familiar manner until his return\u003cbr\u003e     to Milan.]--","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47073824932080,"sku":"2940013321526","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013321526_p0.jpg?v=1763579750","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013321526","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}