at Fontainebleau and Elba (1869); P. Gruyer, Napoleon, roi de !'lie d'Elbe
(Paris 1904); R. Christophe, Napoleon, Empereur de l'ile d'Elbe (Paris
1959); N. Young, Napoleon in Exile: Elba (1914); E. Foresi, Napoleon I
all'isola dell'Elba (Florence 1884); M. Pellet, Napoleon a l'ile d'Elbe (Paris
1888); L.G. Pelissier, Le registre de l'ile d'Elbe (Paris 1897). There is a
brilliant overview in Jean Tulard, 'L'ile d'Elbe en l'an X', Revue de
l'Institut Napoleon (1964) pp.64-68.
An extensive literature also covers the intrigues before Napoleon's
breakout from Elba and the triumphant march to Paris at the beginning
of the Hundred Days. Fundamental are Norman Mackenzie, The Escape
from Elba: the Fall and Flight of Napoleon, I814-I8I5 (Oxford 1982) and
Henry Houssaye, 1815 : La Premiere Restauration, le Retour de l'ile d'Elbe,
les Cent ]ours (Paris 1920). See also F. Ponteil, La Chute de Napoleon
(Paris 1943); Jean Thiry, La Chute de Napoleon (Paris 1938); J.H. Rose,
Napoleon's Last Voyages (1906); C. Shorter, Napoleon and his Fellow
travellers (1908). For the politics and intrigues consult A. Espitalier, Deux
artisans du retour de l'ile d'Elbe (Paris 1934): A. Ernouf, Maret, due de
Bassano (Paris 1878); E. Bonnal, Les Royalistes contre l'Armee (Paris
1906). For the march to Paris, aside from L. Marchand, Memoires (Paris
1955), there is Alexandre de Laborde, Quarante-huite heures de garde au
Chateau des Tuileries pendant les journees de 19 et 20 Mars 1815 (Paris
1816 ). There are very full accounts in: Paul Gaffarel, Les Cent ]ours a
Marseille (Paris 1906); L. Pingaud, La Franche-Comte en 1815 (Paris
1894); G. de Manteyer, La Fin de !'Empire dans les Alpes (Paris 1942);
Jean Thiry, Le Vol de l'Aigle (Paris 1942); A. Chollier, La Vraie Route
Napoleon (Paris 1946); S & A. Troussier, La Chevauchee heroique du retour
de l'ile d'Elbe (Paris 1965); C. Manceron, Napoleon reprend Paris (Paris
196s).
CHAPTER TWENTY -SEVENApart from Houssaye's classic study cited in the notes to the last chapter,
there are many good books on the Hundred Days: Alan Schorn, One
Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo ( 1993); Emile Le Gallo, Les
Cent ]ours (Paris 1923); G. de Bertier de Sauvigny, La Restauration (Paris
1955); C. Manceron, Which Way to Turn: Napoleon's Last Choice (1961);
F. Sieburg, Les Cent ]ours (Paris 1957). On Benjamin Constant and the
Additional Act the following are indispensable: Constant's own Journaux
Intimes (Paris 1952); his Memoires sur les Cent-Jours, ed. Pozzo di Borgo
(Paris 1961) and his CEuvres, ed. Alfred Roulin (Paris 1957); L. Radiguet,