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Very cool! Unfortunately, no one seems to have a list of books that were in it. I wonder what Napoleon liked to read...
by Jerry2 9y ago
Very cool! Unfortunately, no one seems to have a list of books that were in it. I wonder what Napoleon liked to read...
- jhbadger 9y agoThis "Life of Wellington" mentions the capture of Napoleon's traveling library and mentions that they found the works of Homer, the Bible, Ossian (a supposed ancient Scottish poet now thought to be fraudulent), and a work of Voltaire. https://books.google.com/books?id=pqv_06RS6XcC&lpg=PA536&ots=XAF9qrRA8Y&pg=PA519 https://books.google.com/books?id=pqv_06RS6XcC&lpg=PA536&ots...
- cafard 9y agoNabokov has curious things to say about the influence of Ossian (maybe in the introduction to his translation of the Song of Igor's Campaign?).