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Claude Francois de Meneval : Napoleon et Marie Louise: souvenirs historiques

Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 26 February 1845: 'Do you know the "Napoleon et Marie Louise" of M. de Meneval, the secretary of the emperor? The three little volumes have interest in them -- and if you require (which you dont I hope) any further impulse towards hating the Austrian [Marie Louise], you will find it there [makes further comments] [...] Well might Napoleon shrink from speakng of her .. & from analysing the motives of her conduct! -- His [italics]silence[end italics], as Meneval describes it, strikes me as very affecting'.

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett      Print: Book

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