Napoleon's Jailer: Lt. Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe : a Life

Desmond Gregory

1996年1月 · Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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Lowe's talents - fluency in both Italian and French, a knowledge of the Corsican character derived from commanding a Corsican regiment enlisted under the British crown, and his proven ability to converse at the highest level with statesmen and marshals - were considered so favorably that he was chosen to be the guardian of the exiled Napoleon on St. Helena. It was an appointment that led to Lowe's downfall. He proved no match for the guile and mendacity of his devious captive and that captive's adherents.