Napoleon and Josephine - Untrustworthy

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8/29/2012 Napoleon and Josephine- Untrustworthy “A thousand kisses.” This is how every one of Napoleon’s famous letters to Josephine ends. Though very romantic at first, the relationship between Napoleon and Josephine quickly became filled of untruth and suspicions. When Josephine and Napoleon first got married, they were submerged in the romance, but sadly enough, Napoleon had to leave for Italy, as he was a Commander in the French army. They constantly wrote letters back and forth, all with deep romance woven into the words. In April, 1796, Napoleon writes; “Your letters are the joy of my day” (Napoleon Boneparte). A letter written after their wedding night explains his pleasure in their relationship; “I awake full of you. Your image and the memory of last night’s intoxicating pleasures has left no rest to my senses” (Napoleon Boneparte) Unfortunately, though, as time passed the romance wore off. Josephine began to write less, being preoccupied with other things. Napoleon wrote to her on this subject; “I write you, me beloved one, very often, and you write very little” (Napoleon Boneparte). Napoleon specialist and Professor at La Sorbonne in Paris says; What is extraordinary is that in this passion we have Napoleon's letters to Josephine that she kept, but we don't have her letters to Napoleon. So either he didn't keep them and that would make his passion a little more lukewarm in a way or maybe Josephine didn't write to him or would write just very neutral letters. The latter version is the one I would adopt. And as Josephine became bored with her husband so far off she decided to get back in the game; “She was attending balls and parties” (John Schneider). Soon after, a rumor began to spread that Josephine was having an affair. When Napoleon found out about this, he exclaimed to himself; You are not genuinely devoted to me, or you would have told me
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