Mussot, 428
Mustapha Pasha, I9S, 196, 197Namur, 613
Nancy abandoned by French (1814), S77
Naples, 603
guerrilla war supressed, 38s
Joseph appointed King; his rule as
King, 346-7, 438----9
occupied by British, 203
ruled by Murats, 42S
Naples, King of, 267
cedes Elba to France, 23S
restored (ISO I), 2 34
Naples, kingdom of, 440
joins Third Coalition, 337
Napoleon I, Emperor
aggressive tendencies, 7, 13, 277-8 1
alienation from the Church, 27
antipathy towards Jews, 1
birth and origins, 1-7
boyhood, 7-23: ambivalence towards father,
13, 14, 19; fear and respect for
mother, 8, 13-14; learning French at
Autun, Is; misery at Brienne military
school, IS-23; naval ambitions, 21, 22,
23; rivalry with Joseph, 12-13;
schooling with nuns, 7, 13; virulent
Corsican nationalist, 19, 20
death on St Helena (1821), 6ss, 663
Emperor, proclamation as (1804), 297
coronation in Notre-Dame, 301-s
coronation in Milan as King-Emperor of
Italy, 314
financial problems, 32, 34, 3S
First Consul after seizing power, 232, 224,
242
adoption of constitution, 224-s
internal coup consolidates power, 224
made First Consul for life in plebiscite,
2S3-4
health problems, 37, 283, 284-s, 449, 499,
s 17, s6s, 613, 617, 623, 627, 64s, 646,
648-SI, 6S3
impatience and boredom, 284, 28s, 287,
333
imperial proclivities, 2S9, 263-4
improvisation skills, 143, 144, 287,
intellectual powers, 283
loss of virginity, 3S
Machiavellian tendencies, 42, 149, 161,
171, 172, 201, 306, SS7
marriage to Josephine, 102-6
master of deception, 143, 144
mathematical propensity, 143, IS3
memory for detail, 2S3, 286
misogyny, 29, !62-3, 187, 2S6, 277-8, 469,
471, 6s1
newspapers, 152
'Oriental complex', 167, 168----9, 20o-1, 234,
268, 287, 290, 33S, 404, 49S
pathological liar, 8
pragmatism, u, I4S, 2S6
punishing personal regime, 2S1- 3
reckless ad ventures, 69
ruthlessness, 28o
sexual liaisons, So-1, S3-9I, 93, 186-g,
233, 27S-6, 299-301, 316-19, 380,
382, 384, 388----9, 406, 422-3, 474, 613,
647, 6s1; guilt and identity, 43, 4S,
47, 67, 18s-6
suicide attempt (1814), S93-S
superstition, 288----9, 469
talented strategist, tactician and military
thinker, 14o-6
understanding of human psychology, 140
violent rages, 46, 28o
worship of Pasquale Paoli, 19, 2s, 28
writings, 32-3, 36, 44-s; The Prophetic
Mask, 32; Sur Ia Suicide, 43; Sur
!'Amour de Ia Patrie, 43, 4S; Nouvelle
Corse, 44;
Lettres ii Buttafuoco, 44; Le Souper de
Beaucaire, 66, 68, 71-2;
Code Napoleon, 67, 2s4-7, 426, 438, 439,
44o-1; Clissold et Eugenie, 84-s
Napoleon II (son), 499, S39, s87, sSS, s89,
S93, 604, 6o6, 629, 630
birth, 473-4
King of Rome, S90
Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon, nephew),
12, 3IS, 320, 38s, 640, 664, 667
Narbonne, Comte de (Minister of War),
so, 499, S03
Neipperg, Count Adam Albrecht von,
lover of Marie-Louise, 602
Nelson, Horatio, Lord, 202, 239, 327, 328,
329, 330, 331, 333, 334
enters Mediterranean in search of
Napoleon, 172, 174, 176
raids on Boulogne (I8oi), 321
Toulon blockaded, 323, 32S, 326
victories: Battle of the Nile, 1 So-1 , 1 Ss;
Copenhagen (18oo), 234; Trafalgar,
332
Neufchateau, Franfi:ois and Merlin de, IS9
Neveroski, SI2
Ney, Marshal, ISI, 307, 308, 309, 338,
3S6, 3S8, 36s-6, 367, 36S, 370, 374,
40S, 406, 407, 417, 447, 4S7, SSI, SS2,
SS3, S79, 666, sSo, sS7, 612, 613, 666
Belgian campaign (ISIS), 614-27
defeats Austrians on the Rhine, 204
Duke of Danzig, 312
Duke of Elchingen, 306
execution in France (1S16), 6s3
finest hour at Friedland, 37S
incompetence, SS4-S, s7o, s83, 614-1S,