My Friend H: John Cam Hobhouse, Baron Broughton of Broughton de GyffordJ. Murray, 1948 - 369 pages |
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Page 77
... Napoleon's aide - de - camp and lover of Hortense , Joséphine's daughter and ex - queen of Holland ; Hortense herself who behaved , as Hobhouse put it , so little like a queen that he took her at first for an exceedingly well - bred ...
... Napoleon's aide - de - camp and lover of Hortense , Joséphine's daughter and ex - queen of Holland ; Hortense herself who behaved , as Hobhouse put it , so little like a queen that he took her at first for an exceedingly well - bred ...
Page 91
... Napoleon had taken refuge aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon , throwing himself , like Themistocles , upon the mercy of his enemies . The same day Hobhouse procured his passports and on the 20th July he left the capital , passing the Light ...
... Napoleon had taken refuge aboard H.M.S. Bellerophon , throwing himself , like Themistocles , upon the mercy of his enemies . The same day Hobhouse procured his passports and on the 20th July he left the capital , passing the Light ...
Page 92
... Napoleon " and accompanied by a note to his acquaintance , Sir Hudson Lowe , asking him to hand it to Napoleon , a request which that rigid but much - maligned gaoler refused on the grounds that it honoured his prisoner with the ...
... Napoleon " and accompanied by a note to his acquaintance , Sir Hudson Lowe , asking him to hand it to Napoleon , a request which that rigid but much - maligned gaoler refused on the grounds that it honoured his prisoner with the ...
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