Mackworth, Cecily. Out of the Black Mountains.
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Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Standard Name: Napoleon I,, Emperor of France
Used Form: Napoleon Bonaparte
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Characters | Catherine Gore | The title-page quotes Shakespeare
's Richard II about the deposing of a king. The novel opens with precision: at five o'clock on 22 June 1791, with aristocrats fearful for their fate in the aftermath of... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Anne Brontë | Patrick Brontë
was an Irish protestant from a large, respectable farming family of limited means. He took to books from an early age, opened a school for the gentry at the age of sixteen, became... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Cecily Mackworth | CM
writes in her unpublished autobiography about the eleven siblings of her father, Francis Julian Mackworth
. Bowker, Gordon. “Obituary: Cecily Mackworth”. The Independent. |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Hervey | It is hard to gauge the degree of Beckford's hostility towards his sister years after he published these novels. On 4 May 1817 he wrote with studied restraint that he did not think her insincere.... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Grace Elliott | In her earliest years in Paris she was the mistress first of the comte d'Artois (who much later reigned as Charles X
) and then of the duc de Chartres (later duc d'Orléans
, later... |
| Family and Intimate relationships | Pauline Johnson | PJ
's father was George Henry Martin Johnson
, Onwanonsyshon, a Mohawk chief. He was at one time an interpreter for the Anglican church. He had a life-long interest in Napoleon
and decided to name... |
| Friends, Associates | Lady Mary Walker | Here they met the Italian romantic poet Ugo Foscolo
, who had come to France to join Napoleon
's army and had been put in charge of the detained Britons. Saint, Andrew. “Diary: Foscolo’s Grave”. London Review of Books, pp. 34-5. 34 |
| Friends, Associates | Grace Elliott | One of the last names she drops is that of Madame du Beauharnais
, later Josephine Bonaparte, whom she represents as genuinely attached to her first husband
(though neither of the pair were faithful). Elliott, Grace. Journal of My Life during the French Revolution. Rodale Press. 141 |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Jane Welsh Carlyle | In her youth Jane Welsh composed verse translations from texts by Goethe
and Pierre Cardenal
, and of Chateaubriand
's Atala. She also wrote a number of original short poems; two of those that... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Jane Loudon | In prose the opening tale, Julia de Clifford, presents a well-meaning but thoughtless and impulsive heroine who progresses from dressing up as a ghost to scare the servants, to plunging her lover into despair... |
| Leisure and Society | Harriette Wilson | A masquerade ball was held at Burlington House, Piccadilly, to celebrate the abdication of Napoleon
and his confinement on the island of Elba: this was HW
's last grand public appearance. Wilson, Frances. The Courtesan’s Revenge. Faber. 140 |
| Leisure and Society | Anne Thackeray Ritchie | Anne Thackeray
witnessed as a small child the second funeral of Napoleon
in Paris. Her memories of this event were published in Chapters from Some Memoirs, 1894. This was when Napoleon's body was... |
| Leisure and Society | Grace Elliott | Under the rule of Napoleon
, both as consul and as emperor, says the editor of GE
's journal, she again moved in the higher circles. Elliott, Grace. Journal of My Life during the French Revolution. Rodale Press. 147 |
| Leisure and Society | Amelia Opie | In Paris the Opies did some intensive looking at pictures. (Napoleon
's habit of looting the art treasures of countries he conquered had much increased the stores on view.) Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. under John Opie |
| Leisure and Society | Elizabeth Gaskell | While she was staying with Turner she sat for a sculpted bust by David Dunbar
; friends alleged that the result looked like Napoleon
. Uglow, Jennifer S. The Pinecone. Faber and Faber. 126-7 |
Timeline
1478: The medieval institution of the Inquisition...
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1478
The medieval institution of the Inquisition was revived as the Spanish Inquisition
at the request of the Spanish royal couple Isabel of Castile
and Ferdinand of Aragon
.
4 February 1794: Slavery was abolished throughout France and...
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4 February 1794
Slavery was abolished throughout France and its colonies. From this year until 1804 (two years after Napoleon
re-instituted slavery under French jurisdiction), the struggle for abolition virtually lapsed in England.
5 October 1795: A Royalist insurrection in Paris was crushed...
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5 October 1795
A Royalist insurrection in Paris was crushed by troops commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte
.
27 March 1796: Napoleon took command of one of the French...
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27 March 1796
Napoleon
took command of one of the French armies, the Army of Italy, at Nice.
15 May 1796: Napoleon's army entered Milan, on its revolutionary...
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15 May 1796
Napoleon
's army entered Milan, on its revolutionary mission to liberate Italy from Austrian and other royal rulers.
26 February 1797: The Bank of England, alarmed by a run on...
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26 February 1797
The Bank of England
, alarmed by a run on gold prompted by fears of invasion from Napoleonic
France, prohibited payments in cash: in May this prohibition was enforced by legislation establishing a period of Restriction.
1-3 August 1798: In the Battle of the Nile (also known as...
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1-3 August 1798
In the Battle of the Nile (also known as the Battle of Aboukir (or Abu Qir) Bay), the British fleet
under Nelson
attacked and in large part destroyed the fleet of revolutionary France.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Nelson
23 August 1799: Napoleon left his command in Egypt and headed...
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23 August 1799
Napoleon
left his command in Egypt and headed for Paris, leaving behind him most of the huge haul of the country's artefacts which had already been packed for shipping to France.
14 October 1799: Napoleon reached Paris, where he intended...
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14 October 1799
Napoleon
reached Paris, where he intended to seize power.
9-10 November 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in France,...
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9-10 November 1799
25 December 1799: In France the Constitution of the Year VIII...
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25 December 1799
In France the Constitution of the Year VIII was implemented. This constitution set up a Council of State and a Consulate headed by a First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte
. It was completed on 22 Frimaire...
14 June 1800: In the War of the Second Coalition, Napoleon...
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14 June 1800
In the War of the Second Coalition, Napoleon
(recently appointed First Consul of France) defeated the Austrian Empire at the battle of Marengo in Northern Italy.
17 May 1803: Britain declared war on France again, after...
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17 May 1803
Britain declared war on France again, after only just over a year's peace, in response to the expansionism of Napoleon
.
July 1803: An invasion scare gripped England. Young...
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July 1803
An invasion scare gripped England. Young men joined volunteer regiments ready for a landing and occupation by Napoleon
's troops—though at the same time people continued to plan their lives normally.
23 July 1803: Irish nationalist Robert Emmet mounted a...
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23 July 1803
Irish nationalist Robert Emmet
mounted a rising which was designed to seize Dublin Castle and take the Viceroy hostage.
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