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Lucien Buonaparte : Charlemagne

Byron to Thomas Moore, 22 August 1813: 'I hope you are going on with your grand coup - pray do - or that damned Lucien Buonaparte will beat us all. I have seen much of his poem in MS., and he really surpasses everything beneath Tasso.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon, Lord Byron      Manuscript: Unknown

Lucien Buonaparte : Charlemagne

Byron to Dr Samuel Butler, 20 October 1813: 'The little that I have seen by stealth and accident of Charlemagne quite electrified me.'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon, Lord Byron      

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