Memoir about Napoleon and other French nobility during the First Empire.

Each volume with title within ornamental border and series t.p. in colours. "Illustrated with photogravures on Japan vellum, etchings hand painted India-plate reproductions, and full page portraits of authors."--Series title page.

Volume I --Intimacy of the Permon and the Bonaparte families -- Napoleon as a young man -- Death of Napoleon's father in the Permon house -- Sub-Lieutenant Bonaparte, his first appearance in uniform -- Opening of the States-General -- Murder of the Princess de Lamballe, the King, and Madame Elizabeth -- Arrest of General Bonaparte -- Madame Permon's return to Paris -- Destitute circumstances of General Bonaparte -- Proposals of marriage -- Sketches of Parisian society -- Triumphs of the Army of Italy -- Colonel Junot -- Junot appointed General -- Revolution of the 8th of November -- General Junot proposes for Laura Permon's hand -- Madame Permon goes to the opera and sees the First Consul arrive, after the attempt made to assassinate him -- The civil marriage of General Junot and Mademoiselle Permon -- Revival of public prosperity -- Lucien's embassy to Madrid -- Volume II -- Napoleon's harshness to Josephine -- Private theatre at Malmaison -- Illness of Madame Permon -- Death of Madame Permon -- Peace with England -- The painter David -- The First Consulship for life -- Preparing for war with England -- Conspiracy of Georges and Pichegru -- Creation of the Legion of Honor -- The formation of the New Court -- The Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine -- Junot sent as Ambassador to Lisbon -- The Spanish Court -- Journey to Lisbon -- Junot's scars -- Portuguese nobility -- Caught in a storm on the Tagus -- The mother of Napoleon -- General Junot appointed Governor of Paris -- Junot's father and mother -- Junot's flirtation with the Grand-Duchess of Berg -- Volume III -- Junot leaves for Bordeaux -- Junot's capture of Lisbon -- The Emperor takes back Raincy -- The Emperor's departure for Bayonne -- Junot sent back to the Peninsula -- The removal of the Pope -- Junot ordered to Spain -- Suchet made Marshal -- The retreat from Moscow -- Prince Blucher crosses the Rhine -- The Allies in Paris -- The abdication of Napoleon -- The arrival of Louis XVIII in Paris -- Madame Junot attends the Bourbon Court -- Dinner to the Duke of Wellington -- Napoleon at Vizille -- The people of Dauphine-The arrival of the Emperor at the Tuileries-Waterloo -- Appendices -- Contemporary rulers -- Curious coincidence -- The Princesse de Lamballe.