Record Number: 24445
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
From John Wilson Croker's Diary, 3 October 1834: 'I happened to mention the profuse fabrication of French Memoires, and instanced those of Fouche; the Duke said: "I dare say they were not written by Fouche, and that they are what therefore may be called fabrications, but they are certainly done by some one who had Fouche's confidence or his papers, for there are several passages in them of a secret nature, in which I myself happened to be concerned and which I know to be true. I won't at all answer for the whole book; but as far as my own knowledge goes, I find them tolerably correct, and am therefore disposed to give some degree of credit to the rest [...] my evidence can only apply to the short period of the Restoration [of French monarchy] in which I came into contact with him."'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1815 and 3 Oct 1834
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader:Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington
Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1769
Socio-Economic Group:Royalty / aristocracy
Occupation:Politician
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Country of Origin:Ireland
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Memoires
Genre:Politics
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:24445
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Editor:Louis J. Jennings
Title:The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1884
Vol:2
Page:236
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Citation:
Louis J. Jennings (ed.), The Croker Papers. The Correspondence and Diaries of the Late Right Honourable John Wilson Croker, LL.D., F.R.S, Secretary to the Admiralty from 1809 to 1830., (London, 1884), 2, p. 236, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24445, accessed: 30 September 2024
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