Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard), Abbott, John Colby · London, John Lane · leaf 137
ton the rare occasions when he had leave from theEcole Militaire. Mme. Permon had opened herdoors to the little Corsican officer. The same finecarved woodwork still adorns the walls of the recep-tion rooms on the ground floor, where the futureCagsar came to talk of his hopes and ambitions, andthe… … y f .yM? M ft .\ \)\ I-!;vs Gazarni,fi)ixt. THE DUCHESSE DABRANTES NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 93 smoked tremendously, declares Mme. dAbrant^sin her Memoires.^ Then almost his sole acquaintance of any positionand influence in the capital was Barras—not yet ofcourse one of the rulers of France, but destined…
French Revolution, 1795-1799 (Directoire) · Costume, French · France -- Social life and customs
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