Berry, Mary. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry. Editor Lewis, Lady Theresa, Longmans, Green, 1865, 3 vols.
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Napoleon I Emperor of France
Standard Name: Napoleon I,, Emperor of France
Used Form: Napoleon Bonaparte
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mary Berry | Her first diary entry reads in full: Set out from Charles Street at four o'clock; slept at the Blue Posts at Witham. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Mariana Starke | Here MS
found the mixture that would characterise all her travel writing: vivid first-hand narrative and evocation, and reliable well-set-out information about practical matters like mileages and information about the state of roads and inns... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anne Plumptre | This is part travel book and part politically sympathetic account of post-Revolutionary France: even a defence of Napoleon
's record as ruler, with an eye to history, against the prejudice which AP
understood to... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Elizabeth Charles | The novel tells the story of its female narrator's life during the evangelical revival in the Napoleonic era, [and] proposes religion as the antidote for revolution. Sutherland, John, b. 1938. The Stanford Companion to Victorian Fiction. Stanford University Press, 1989. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Helen Maria Williams | Published in two volumes, by G. G. and J. Robinson
, this opens with further discussion of Switzerland, after a preface written with maturity and confidence in her own ability to deflect hostile criticism... |
| Textual Production | Anne Damer | AD
's activity as a sculptor dates mostly from after 1777. Her best-known works include the keystones of the bridge at Henley, carved to represent the rivers Thames and Isis: completed in 1785, they... |
| Textual Production | Clemence Dane | |
| Textual Production | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | Much of SACD
's short fiction deals with adventure and travel. He wrote seventeen short stories about a French brigadier in Napoleon
's army, Etienne Gerard, which took over from the Sherlock Holmes sequence in... |
| Textual Production | Norah Lofts | NL
published another work of historical fiction, A Rose for Virtue: The Very Private Life of Hortense
, Stepdaughter of Napoleon I
, Mother of Napoleon III. Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Gale Research, 1981–2025, Numerous volumes. 80 |
| Textual Production | Lady Mary Walker | LMW
told her nephew, as to Popoli, I had a set for your acceptance. Fraser, Sir William. The Melvilles, Earls of Melville and the Leslies, Earls of Leven. 1890, 3 vols. 2: 329 Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Textual Production | Sarah Grand | She wrote it, she said, because she felt there was something very wrong in the present state of society, and . . . I did what I could to suggest a remedy. Grand, Sarah. Sex, Social Purity and Sarah Grand: Volume 1. Editor Heilmann, Ann, Routledge, 2000. 213 |
| Textual Production | Jane Porter | JP
's first purpose included drawing a distinction between a brave patriot and a military plunderer. Porter, Jane. Thaddeus of Warsaw. T. N. Longman and O. Rees, 1803, 4 vols. v |
| Textual Production | Anna Letitia Barbauld | During the next few years ALB
drafted several poems which she left unpublished: poems on public affairs instead of, like most of her earlier unpublished verse, on private topics. News of Napoleon
's retreat from... |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins | An obituary of EST
published first in the Monthly Magazine and then, with some variations, in the Gentleman's Magazine, said that she contributed to nearly every respectable periodical of her age, and worked on... |
| Textual Production | Rosemary Sutcliff | RS
based her adult novel Blood and Sand on the story of the actual Thomas Keith
from Edinburgh, who fought against Napoleon
, was captured in Egypt in 1807, converted to Islam
, and made... |
Timeline
1 January 1804: Haiti became an independent black republic...
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1 January 1804
Haiti became an independent black republic after the capitulation (the previous November) of a large force sent by Napoleon
to quell the rebellion there.
Rogozinski, Jan. A Brief History of the Caribbean: From the Arawak and the Carib to the Present. Revised, Facts on File, 1999.
173
Walvin, James. Black Ivory: A History of British Slavery. Howard University Press, 1994.
xii
Langer, William L., editor. An Encyclopedia of World History: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern, Chronologically Arranged. 4th ed., Houghton Mifflin, 1968.
862
Farmer, Paul. “Who removed Aristide?”. London Review of Books, 15 Apr. 2004, pp. 28-31.
28
18 May 1804: At the coronation ceremony which made him...
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18 May 1804
At the coronation ceremony which made him Emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte
took the crown from the hands of the Pope and placed it on his own head.
Ham, Elizabeth. Elizabeth Ham, by Herself, 1783-1820. Editor Gillett, Eric, Faber and Faber, 1945.
62n2
After December 1807: As a result of Napoleon's Berlin decree which...
National or international item
After December 1807
As a result of Napoleon
's Berlin decree which banned the export of silk thread to Britain, the Clark's
and Coats'
thread companies were established.
Adburgham, Alison. Shops and Shopping 1800-1914: Where, and in What Manner the Well-Dressed Englishwoman Bought Her Clothes. Allen and Unwin, 1964.
10-11
Gentleman’s Magazine. Various publishers.
78 (1807): 70
December 1807: A French army occupied Lisbon; Napoleon had...
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December 1807
A French army occupied Lisbon; Napoleon
had ordered the invasion of Portugal because it was defying the Berlin Decrees which prohibited trade with Britain.
Collier, Simon. “Old Iron-Arse”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 30-1.
31
March 1808: Napoleon's forces entered Madrid; on 12 July...
National or international item
March 1808
Napoleon
's forces entered Madrid; on 12 July Joseph Bonaparte
was installed as King of Spain, following the successive abdication of two Spanish kings, father and son.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
1165
Collier, Simon. “Old Iron-Arse”. London Review of Books, 9 Aug. 2001, pp. 30-1.
30
3 May 1808: Goya painted a picture of the defenders of...
Building item
3 May 1808
Goya
painted a picture of the defenders of Madrid facing a firing squad after the city's capture by Napoleon
.
Newey, Glen. “Effing the Ineffable”. London Review of Books, 25 Nov. 1999, pp. 15-16.
15
12 July 1808: A British expeditionary force under Sir Arthur...
National or international item
12 July 1808
A British expeditionary force under Sir Arthur Wellesley (later Duke of Wellington)
sailed to relieve Corunna in Spain.
Page, F. C. G. Following the Drum: Women in Wellington’s Wars. Deutsch, 1986.
6
4 or 6 October 1809: Spencer Perceval assumed office as Prime...
National or international item
4 or 6 October 1809
Spencer Perceval
assumed office as Prime Minister. He was a Tory, an Evangelical, and an abolitionist, strongly committed to the war against France.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Barrell, John. “Shoot first, ask questions later”. The Guardian, 12 May 2012, p. Review 6.
Review 6
1811: This year the war against Napoleon cost the...
National or international item
1811
This year the war against Napoleon
cost the British government 56 million pounds (nearly three times the 20 million it had cost in the year 1794).
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
455-6
19 October 1812: Napoleon's Grande Armée (which had numbered...
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19 October 1812
Napoleon
's Grande Armée
(which had numbered 691,000 when it crossed the river Neman in Lithuania on 23 June) evacuated Moscow; fire had destroyed the city since their arrival in early September.
Henley, Jon. “Napoleon’s retreating army felled by parasites”. The Guardian, 31 Dec. 2005, p. 15.
15
24 December 1812: The first news of Napoleon's catastrophic...
National or international item
24 December 1812
The first news of Napoleon
's catastrophic retreat from Moscow reached Britain through a report in The Times.
McCarthy, William. Anna Letitia Barbauld, Voice of the Enlightenment. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008.
McCarthy, Voice 482
March 1815: Napoleon escaped from the island of Elba,...
National or international item
March 1815
Napoleon
escaped from the island of Elba, and marched northwards through France, gathering an army for a further military showdown with the nations of Europe.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
18 June 1815: Napoleon's power was decisively crushed at...
National or international item
18 June 1815
Napoleon
's power was decisively crushed at the battle of Waterloo, not far from Brussels.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
28: 379, 381
8 July 1815: Under terms set by the Congress of Vienna,...
National or international item
8 July 1815
Under terms set by the Congress of Vienna, Louis XVIII
was restored for the second time to the throne of France, from which he had been driven by Napoleon
.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
17: 48
September 1815: The Irish Legion which had fought in Napoleon's...
National or international item
September 1815
The Irish Legion
which had fought in Napoleon
's armies against England was disbanded; many of these soldiers emigrated to the USA.
Campbell, Mary, 1917 - 2002. Lady Morgan: The Life and Times of Sydney Owenson. Pandora, 1988.
136
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