An archive of primary source material relating to Joachim Murat, Marshal of France and King of Naples
As his negotiations with Austria and England continued, an indecisive Murat wrote his New Year's greeting to Napoleon on 21 December 1813. Murat used this as an opportunity to once again urge Napoleon to make peace, as he had in his letter from five days earlier. "Sire, a new year is about to commence. May …
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Ten days after writing to Napoleon on the situation in Italy and imploring him to unify the country and grant its independence, Murat wrote to the Emperor once more. In the interim, he had not received a reply from Napoleon, who was ignoring his brother-in-law's correspondence (again), believing that Murat was deliberately exaggerating the situation …
Continuing with the series of letters in Louis Murat's memoirs leading up to her father's defection from Napoleon. We left off in July 1813, with Murat writing to Napoleon prior to departing to join him for the 1813 campaign, his pride still wounded from Napoleon's treatment of him following his return from Russia. Sensing that …
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