| Evidence: | Saturday, 28 February 1829:
'Read part of a curious work calld Memoirs of Vidocque, a fellow who was at the head of Bonaparte's police. It is a picaresque tale, in other words a romance of roguery. The whole seems much exaggerated and got up but I suppose there is truth au fond.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 28 Feb 1829 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | Memoires de Vidocque, Chef de la Police de Surete jusqu'en 1827 |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Unknown |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1828 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 26796 | |
| 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: | 525 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Walter Scott, W. E. K. Anderson (ed.), The Journal of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford, 1972), p. 525, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26796, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
| Source ed. notes that text 'was sent, at Scott's request, by the publisher of the Foreign Quarterly where it had been reviewed' (p.525 n.6). |
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