In October 1811 FAR
was considering whether to undertake an English translation of Charlemagne by Lucien Bonaparte
. Mary Russell Mitford
suggested that they should do it jointly, dividing up the piece (she thought she...
Friends, Associates
Melesina Trench
Wherever she went on her first European trip she had access to exclusive circles of society. She met Nelson
and his mistress, Emma, Lady Hamilton
, the writer Antoine de Rivarol
, Napoleon's brother Lucien Bonaparte