The Surrender of Napoleon: Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815Maitland, Frederick Lewis, Sir
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The Surrender of Napoleon: Being the narrative of the surrender of Buonaparte, and of his residence on board H.M.S. Bellerophon, with a detail of the principal events that occurred in that ship between the 24th of May and the 8th of August 1815
Maitland, Frederick Lewis, Sir
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Captivity, 1815-1821; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries
He speaks of his wife and his son 211
Their pictures 211, 212
Conversation respecting Kleber and Dessaix 213
Napoleon's resources in money 214
The midshipmen act plays 217
Buonaparte's observations on the British cavalry, and relative
to the Duke of Wellington 218, 219
Character of Count Bertrand 222
Countess Bertrand, a daughter of General Dillon 222
Savary, Duke of Rovigo, described 224
Savary, Lallemand, and Planat are sent to Malta, and allowed
to go to Smyrna 225
Character of Lallemand 225
Count and Countess Montholon 226
Count Las Cases and his son 227
APPENDIX.
On what terms Captain Maitland received Buonaparte on board
his ship; and documents relating thereto 231
ADDITIONAL APPENDIX.
1. List of officers borne on the books of H.M.S. _Bellerophon_
in July 1815 241
2. Letter from Ephraim Graebke, assistant-surgeon on board the
_Bellerophon_, to his mother, giving an account of Napoleon's
surrender, dated July 30, 1815 242
3. Extracts from _Memoirs of an Aristocrat, by a Midshipman of
the Bellerophon_ [George Home] 246
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAIT OF SIR FREDERICK MAITLAND _Frontispiece_
From an engraving by Henry Meyer, after Samuel Woodford, R.A.
PORTRAIT OF LADY MAITLAND _At p._ lxviii
From a miniature at Lindores.
CHART OF THE BASQUE ROADS " 1
PORTRAIT OF NAPOLEON " 68
From a sketch taken on board the _Bellerophon_ by Colonel
Planat.
NAPOLEON ON BOARD THE BELLEROPHON " 108
From the picture by W. Q. Orchardson, R.A., in the Tate
Gallery.
H.M.S. BELLEROPHON AT PLYMOUTH " 132
From the picture by J. J. Chalon, R.A., in the Painted Hall at
Greenwich.
TUMBLER GIVEN TO CAPTAIN MAITLAND BY NAPOLEON " 202
Photograph from the original at Lindores.
FACSIMILE OF PART OF SIR WALTER SCOTT'S NOTES ON THE
"NARRATIVE" " 230
Photograph from the original at Lindores.
MEMOIR
OF
SIR FREDERICK LEWIS MAITLAND.
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