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This "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 an
by jhbadger 9y ago
This "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?).