Ines Murat's readable and entertaining narrative introduces us to
little-known facts about the adventures and misadventures of
numerous French veterans of Waterloo who migrated to the United
States. More often than not, their visions of life in this country
conflicted with the original New World dream of the peaceful
pioneer. For two centuries, the lure of what we now call the
American Dream had beckoned rich and poor from the Old World. ""In
all respects,"" said Napoleon, ""America was our true refuge.""
Reported by Las Cases in the Memorial de Sainte-Helene, this
statement signifies only one phase of the connections between the
Emperor and the United States. Anecdotes and incisive portraits of
numerous Bonapartists who came to America vividly portray the
complex intermeshing between the Emperor and the United States.
Anecdotes and incisive portraits of numerous Bonapartists who came
to America vividly portray the complex intermeshing between the
ideals of the French Revolution and the new forms of freedom that
had been born in America. These dramatic accounts bring to the
foreground of history the impact of two world views- that of the
Old World, sheltered in the shadow of Napoleon's belief in
historical destiny, and that of the New World, more experimental
and industrious. The clash produced a resounding din in the
Napoleonic epoch, for which Napoleon and the American Dream traces
new routes and relationships between two cultures.
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