Caroline Murat & children. Painted by François Gérard, around 1809/1810.(Left to right: Louise Murat, Achille Murat, Caroline Murat, Lucien Murat, and Letitia Murat.) Mount Vesuvius is featured in the background.
Author: Sarah
History lover. Highly caffeinated. Introverted. Devoted to researching/writing about Murat, and translating his letters; someday I would like to publish at least one book about him. Slightly obsessed.
“Your Majesty dresses too much like a good family man…”
Source: Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon, by Constant, Premier Valet de Chambre, Vol. I, translated by Walter Clark. Akron (The Saalfield Pub. Co.), 1907, pg 286.
“How many errors…”
"How many errors did not Murat commit in order to establish his headquarters in some château where he knew there were pretty women! He had to have women about him every day, and for that reason I tolerated the practice of allowing generals to have each a disreputable female attached to him." -Napoleon Bonaparte, to …
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“Fortunately for the historian, the character of the King is rich enough, that it is not necessary to disguise his faults.”-Caroline Murat, to the Comte de Mosbourg, 1838 Joachim Murat (1767-1815) So, you’re probably asking... Why Murat? And the answer is: I don’t really know; it just kind of happened. I randomly came across Stephen …
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