The Memoirs Of Dr. Thomas W. Evans : Recollections Of The Second French Empire
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The Memoirs Of Dr. Thomas W. Evans : Recollections Of The Second French Empire

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The Memoirs Of Dr. Thomas W. Evans : Recollections Of The Second French Empire

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Despite not speaking a word of French, the intrepid Dr. Evans left his native Philadelphia for Paris. His professional qualifications as a dentist did not seem to indicate that his life be filled with the adventures that he gleefully threw himself into. Within a short period in Paris, he became renowned for his medical skill and enjoyed the confidences of Kings, Princes and no less a person than the Emperor Napoleon III. He acted as a go-between among the crowned heads of Europe with his engaging manner. As the American consul-general William Seward wrote: "IT SOMETIMES HAPPENS when the crowned heads of Europe wish to communicate with one another without any responsibility they send for Evans to fix their teeth. As you are not likely to send so far for a dentist, I need only add that the messages of this sort, which he bears, are always communicated to him by word of mouth and in the presence of no witnesses."
His memoirs of the second Empire read both an engaging personal narrative and a secret view of the life of the court through tumultuous times including the diplomatic problems surrounding the Civil War, attempts at Coups d'état, numerous political plots, and disastrous Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71.

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Yes, you can access The Memoirs Of Dr. Thomas W. Evans : Recollections Of The Second French Empire by Dr. Thomas Wiltberger Evans, Dr. Edward A. Crane in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & British History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher
Wagram Press
Year
2014
eBook ISBN
9781782891581

Table of contents

  1. Title page
  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
  3. FOREWORD
  4. PREFACE
  5. CHAPTER I - THE BEGINNINGS OF A FRIENDSHIP
  6. CHAPTER II - CHARACTER OF THE EMPEROR
  7. CHAPTER III - THE MARRIAGE OF THE EMPEROR
  8. CHAPTER IV - THE IMPERIAL COURT-THE WAR OF THE REBELLION
  9. CHAPTER V - THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF FRANCE
  10. CHAPTER VI - THE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR OF 1870-71
  11. CHAPTER VII - THE FRENCH ARMY-SEDAN AND BISMARCK
  12. CHAPTER VIII - THE FALL OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
  13. CHAPTER IX - DEPARTURE OF THE EMPRESS FROM THE TUILERIES
  14. CHAPTER X - THE REVOLUTION-THE EMPRESS AT MY HOUSE
  15. CHAPTER XII - ON THE ROAD TO THE COAST
  16. CHAPTER XIII - DEAUVILLE-THE EMBARKATION
  17. CHAPTER XIV - THE MEETING BETWEEN MOTHER AND SON
  18. CHAPTER XV - I VISIT THE EMPEROR-DIPLOMACY
  19. CHAPTER XVI - INTRIGUES AND MORE DIPLOMACY
  20. CHAPTER XVII - THE END OF THE WAR-THE COMMUNE
  21. CHAPTER XVIII - DEATH OF THE EMPEROR
  22. APPENDICES