The second funeral of Napoleon
in three letters to Miss Smith of London. And the Chronicle of the drum.
by William Makepeace Thackeray · 1841
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Written under the pseudonym of Michael Angelo Titmarsh, this essay describes the events of December 15, 1840 as Thackeray witnessed the celebrations connected with the arrival of Napoleon's body from St. Helena for burial in Paris.
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