The Bonapartes after Brumaire—Joachim Murat—His military career—Murat and Caroline—Napoleon desires to marry his youngest sister to Moreau, who, however, declines his proposal—The First Consul’s opposition to the marriage of Murat and Caroline overcome by Joséphine—Probable motive for her intervention—The marriage takes place at Plailly—Politic conduct of Caroline in regard to Joséphine—Insufferable arrogance of Murat after the campaign of Marengo—Courage displayed by Caroline on the night of the explosion of the “infernal machine”—Birth of her son Achille—Murat and the Pope—Caroline joins her husband in Italy—Installation of the King of Etruria at Milan—An unpleasant dinner-party—Return of Caroline to Paris—Murat purchases the estate of La Motte-Sainte-Heraye, in the Deux-Sèvres, and the Hôtel Thélusson, in Paris.

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The Bonapartes after Brumaire—Joachim Murat—His military career—Murat and Caroline—Napoleon desires to marry his youngest sister to Moreau, who, however, declines his proposal—The First Consul’s opposition to the marriage of Murat and Caroline overcome by Joséphine—Probable motive for her intervention—The marriage takes place at Plailly—Politic conduct of Caroline in regard to Joséphine—Insufferable arrogance of Murat after the campaign of Marengo—Courage displayed by Caroline on the night of the explosion of the “infernal machine”—Birth of her son Achille—Murat and the Pope—Caroline joins her husband in Italy—Installation of the King of Etruria at Milan—An unpleasant dinner-party—Return of Caroline to Paris—Murat purchases the estate of La Motte-Sainte-Heraye, in the Deux-Sèvres, and the Hôtel Thélusson, in Paris.