| Evidence: | Friday, 14 September 1827:
'Read a Refutation as it calls itself of Napoleon's history. It is so very polite and accomodating that every third word is a concession -- the work of a man able to judge distinctly on specific facts but erroneous in his general results. He will say the same of me perhaps.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 14 Sep 1827 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: Abbotsford | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Walter Scott |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1771 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | |
| Title: | 'Refutation' of Walter Scott's Life of Napoleon |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, History, Biography, Politics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26714 | |
| 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: | 351-352 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 351-352, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26714, accessed: 02 June 2023 | |
| Source ed. conjectures that text read 'probably Refutation de le [sic] Vie de Napoleon de Sir Walter Scott, by Jean Francois Caze, 1827' (p.351 n.7). |
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