Evidence: | Thursday, 28 June 1827:
'Visited on invitation a fine old little commodore Trunnion who, in reading a part of Napoleon's history with which he had himself been interested as commanding a flotilla, thought he had detected a mistake, but was luckily mistaken to my great delight.' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1827 and 28 Jun 1827 | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | anon |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Naval officer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | n/a |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Walter Scott |
Title: | Life of Napoleon |
Genre: | History, Biography, Politics |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1827 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 26709 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Walter Scott | |
Editor: | W. E. K. Anderson | |
Title: | The Journal of Sir Walter Scott | |
Place of Publication: | Oxford | |
Date of Publication: | 1972 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 321-322 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 321-322, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26709, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
'Commodore Trunnion' an allusion to character of this name is Tobias Smollett's novel Peregrine Pickle. |
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