ABSTRACT
Pauline in Rome—Her reception by the Papal Court and by Society—The favourable impression which she creates is soon dissipated—Remonstrances of Napoleon—Pauline sighs for Paris—She visits Pisa, Florence, and Lucca—Death of her little son, Dermide Leclerc—She returns to France—Madame Bonaparte prolongs her stay in Italy, in the hope of inducing the Emperor to recall Lucien—She sets out for Paris, but does not arrive until after the Coronation—Violent dispute over the question of the Imperial Princesses bearing the train of Joséphine’s mantle at the Coronation—Napoleon insists on their fulfilling this duty—Their spiteful behaviour towards the Empress—Formation of the households of Élisa, Pauline, and Caroline—The Emperor refuses to confirm the rank and title of his mother, until she consents to make a formal protest against the marriage of Jérôme Bonaparte and Elizabeth Patterson—His letter to her after the arrival of Jérôme and his wife at Lisbon—She becomes Imperial Highness and “Protectress of the Sisters of Charity”—Her Household—Her portrait by the Duchesse d’Abrantès—Napoleon purchases for her the Château of Pont-sur-Seine.
