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1 online resource |
| Summary |
Napoleon was, after his defeat at Leipzig, "granted" the island of Elba to rule. He soon found this unsatisfactory, and, early in 1815, left for the south of France, and marched on Paris to some acclamation. He was, all too quickly, defeated at Waterloo. Observing all this was Byron's friend J.C. Hobhouse, an ardent Bonapartist. Byron, who posed as one, never answered his letters from the thick of things in Paris. This book is structured in four layers, and begins with an essay about Byron and Napoleon, which is then followed by Byron's poems about Napoleon and Hobhouse's diary. Hobhouse's lett |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 28, 2015) |
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Friends and associates
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Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869 -- Diaries
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries
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Broughton, John Cam Hobhouse, Baron, 1786-1869 fast |
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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 fast |
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 fast |
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Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography
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Politicians -- Great Britain -- Biography
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POETRY -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Contemporaries
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Friendship
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Poets, English
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Politicians
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Great Britain
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Biographies
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Diaries
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1443882380 |
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9781443882385 |
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