Evidence: | 'As for reading, I have much to say of the "Memoires de l'Europe sous Napoleon", but not time for it till quiet in my own house. I piously believe them genuine; they have the [italics] sceau [end italics] of his genius and of his profound art. I am also reading "Journal de Las Cases". I shut one book where he himself details the precautions taken to secure personal liberty under his government, the strict laws for the purpose, no person could be kept in prison a day without so, and so, and so, judges, privy council, and I know not what. I opened the other where Las Cases says that on looking over papers at St Helena, the Emperor was himself surprised to see the number of books prohibited and of [italics] persons arrested by the police [end italics], whom he had never heard of and knew nothing about'. |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 20 Jan 1823 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Richmond specific address: home of the Duchess of Buccleuch |
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Reader: | Louisa, Lady Stuart |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 11 Aug 1757 |
Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
Occupation: | n/a |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | [unknown] |
Title: | Memoires de l'Europe sous Napoleon |
Genre: | History, Autobiog / Diary |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 20500 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Louisa Stuart | |
Editor: | R. Brimley Johnson | |
Title: | Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1926 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 197 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Louisa Stuart, R. Brimley Johnson (ed.), Letters of Lady Louisa Stuart, The (London, 1926), p. 197, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20500, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Letter to Louisa Clinton. Unknown text - perhaps the title is wrong? |
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