Kobak, Annette. “Mme de Staël and Fanny Burney”. The Burney Journal, Vol.
4
, 2001, pp. 12-35. 31-2
Napoleon I Emperor of France
Standard Name: Napoleon I,, Emperor of France
Used Form: Napoleon Bonaparte
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Germaine de Staël | She discussed the issue of military opposition to Napoleon
with Tsar Alexander I
and with Bernadotte of Sweden
. |
| politics | Harriet Lee | HL
remarked to Hester Lynch Piozzi in December 1798 (as Napoleon
was triumphing in Egypt) that observing the politics of her day had turned her from a little Democrate to a great Democrate. Piozzi, Hester Lynch. The Piozzi Letters. Editors Bloom, Edward A. and Lillian D. Bloom, University of Delaware Press; Associated University Presses, 1989–2002, 6 vols. 2: 537 |
| politics | Georgiana Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire | With the resignation of Pitt in February 1801, and the succession of Henry Addington
as Prime Minister, Georgiana found that she was once again a centre of political influence, confided in and consulted by Whigs... |
| politics | Elizabeth Ham | EH
was fifteen when her mind was awakened to judge for itself, Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945. 43 |
| politics | Germaine de Staël | Following an anti-Napoleon
speech by GS
's lover Benjamin Constant
, her salon that night was thinly attended: a sign that opposition to the rising political power would not be tolerated. Kobak, Annette. “Mme de Staël and Fanny Burney”. The Burney Journal, Vol. 4 , 2001, pp. 12-35. 27 |
| politics | Anne Plumptre | The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography argues that the book AP
published about her years in France was an explicit attempt to influence the British government towards recognising Napoleon
as a legitimate ruler and resuming... |
| politics | Helen Maria Williams | Crabb Robinson reported that HMW
made free with criticisms in private of Napoleon
(in whom, in fact, she had become quite disillusioned by later 1801). On 17 November that year she published her Ode to... |
| Publishing | Ellis Cornelia Knight | In addition to novels, ECK
also wrote poetry. An eight-page pamphlet of her verse was printed by Bondoni
in Parma in 1793, presenting her Lines Address'd To Victory in Consequence of the Success of Lord Cornwallis |
| Publishing | Germaine de Staël | GS
's De l'Allemagne (Germany), a work on German culture and politics suppressed by Napoleon
, was finally published by John Murray
at London, from a copy of proofs which she had hidden. Winegarten, Renee. Mme de Staël. Berg, 1985. 69-70, 75 Lessenich, Rolf. “Literary Views of English Rhine Romanticism 1760-1860”. European Romantic Review, Vol. 10 , No. 4, 1 Sept.–30 Nov. 1999, pp. 480-18. 490 Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988. 138 |
| Reception | Germaine de Staël | The Critical Review boldly announced: This is one of the most fascinating novels we have lately met with—even though it continued, we abominate both its religion and its morals. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series. 2d ser. 38 (1803): 48 |
| Reception | Jane Porter | Again her work was extremely popular. The French translation was banned by Napoleon
because of its portrayal of nationalist resistance to conquest. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford, 1990. |
| Reception | Helen Maria Williams | A police report suggested to Napoleon
that this book might arouse royalist sympathies. In July 1803 it was suppressed and copies confiscated (though they were restored at the end of August), while Napoleon used it... |
| Residence | Melesina Trench | |
| Residence | Emma Caroline Wood | The father
of Emma Caroline Michell (later ECM) settled his family at Rosewyn in Cornwall (near the village of Michell and not far from Truro) at the onset of Napoleon
's invasion of Portugal. Bradhurst, Minna Evangeline. A Century of Letters. Printed for private circulation by R. E. Thomas and Newman, 1929. 3, 6 |
| Residence | Germaine de Staël | GS
returned to Paris from exile in England after the abdication of Napoleon
. Staël, Germaine de. Dix années d’exil. Treuttel and Würtz, 1821. xviii Winegarten, Renee. Mme de Staël. Berg, 1985. 125 |
Timeline
3 April 1817: Mary Baker launched her brief career as Princess...
Building item
3 April 1817
Mary Baker
launched her brief career as Princess Caraboo, when an Overseer of the Poor at Almondesbury in Gloucestershire reported her presence to a local magistrate.
Gutch, John Matthew. “Caraboo, 1817”. Caraboo. A Narrative of a Singular Imposition, Practised upon the Benevolence of a Lady Residing in the Vicinity of the City of Bristol, By a Young Woman of the name of Mary Willcocks, alias Baker, alias Bakerstendht, alias Caraboo, Princess of Javasu, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy.
3-4, 55
“Princess Caraboo”. The Museum of Hoaxes.
5 May 1821: Napoleon died in confinement on the island...
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5 May 1821
Napoleon
died in confinement on the island of St Helena.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
80, 86
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
252
7 September 1822: Brazil was declared independent from Portugal...
National or international item
7 September 1822
Brazil was declared independent from Portugal by its former Portuguese regent, who constituted himself Emperor Pedro I of Brazil
.
The World Factbook. http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20060716100200/http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.
under Brazil
“Library of Congress Country Studies”. Country Studies/Area Handbook Series, 2003.
1833: The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was completed,...
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1833
The Arc de Triomphe in Paris was completed, and Napoleon
's statue was restored to the top of the column in the Place Vendôme.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
80
22 June 1941: Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union (named...
National or international item
22 June 1941
Hitler
's invasion of the Soviet Union (named Operation Barbarossa, and in contravention of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact of 23 August 1939) began with a surprise attack at dawn which destroyed a thousand Soviet planes...
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