My past and thoughts, vol. 1 (of 6)

Note 14 — Chapter 1 My Nurse and the Grande Armée—The Fire of Moscow—My Father with Napoleon—General Ilovaisky—Travelling with the French Prisoners—The Patriotism of C. Calot—The Common Management of the Property—Dividing it—The Senator

Constance Garnett translation

I.e., of Jerome Bonaparte, king of Westphalia from 1807 to 1813. ‘At the court of King Jeremiah’ is a popular phrase equivalent to ‘in the days of Methuselah.’—(Translator’s Notes.)

Return to Chapter 1 My Nurse and the Grande Armée—The Fire of Moscow—My Father with Napoleon—General Ilovaisky—Travelling with the French Prisoners—The Patriotism of C. Calot—The Common Management of the Property—Dividing it—The Senator