Author: GOLDSMITH, Lewis.
Title: Histoire secrète du Cabinet de Napoléon Bonaparté, et de la Cour des Saint-Cloud. 2nd edition. 2 vols. in one.
Description: 1814 270; 206 pp. 8vo. Contemp. half calf with green spine label (light rubbing)g. London, T. Harper; Paris, chez les marchandes de nouveautés, 1814. A libellous account about the court of Napoleon by Lews Goldsmith (ca. 1780-1846). A refugee in France, he served the country by publishing anti-British views in his journal "L'Argus, ou Londres vu de Paris". For this service, he was named sworn interpreter at the court of justice. Having committed an indiscrtion, he was almost extradited. Later on, he managed to make his peace with the British government, and directed his poison pen against France. - Hoefer XXI, 117. HISTORY (KULTURGESCHICHTE) ; GESCHICHTE, KULTURGESCHICHTE ;

Keywords: HISTORY (KULTURGESCHICHTE) ; GESCHICHTE, KULTURGESCHICHTE ;


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