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Excerpt from History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon, Vol. 11: Forming a Sequel Which the Choice of a new Consort is discussed - Tired of the Pro crastinations of Russia, Napoleon breaks with that Power, and abruptly determines to marry an Archduchess of Austria - On the same day he signs, by Prince Schwarzenberg's Mediation, his Con tract of Marriage with Marie Louise, copied from Marie Antoinette's Marriage Contract - Prince Berthier sent to Vienna officially to demand the Hand of the Archduchess Marie Louise - He is eagerly welcomed by the Court of Austria - Marriage celebrated at Vienna on the 1lth of March - Marriage celebrated at Paris on the 2nd of April - Temporary Change for the better in Public Opinion and last Illusions of France as to the Duration of the Imperial Reign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.