ABSTRACT
Caroline in Austria—Her financial embarrassments—Her claims on the French Government—Restrictions imposed on her by the Allied Powers—She complains of the conduct of Metternich—She settles at Trieste, where she is visited by Madame Récamier, and by the Countess Potocka-Wonsowicz—Impressions of the latter—Caroline’s anecdotes of Napoleon—Relations with General Macdonald—She obtains permission to reside in Florence—Her popularity in Society—Her visit to Paris in 1838—Her death—Last years of Madame Mère—Her letter to Marie Louise on learning of the death of the Duke of Reichstadt—She becomes crippled and blind—Her joy on learning that the statue of Napoleon is to be replaced on the Vendòme Column—She declines the offer to except her from the decree banishing the Bonapartes from France—Her death—Her remains removed to Ajaccio.
