Napoleon to Joséphine
July 8, 2017 - The Chairman in News & Blog Posts, Chairman's Blog, Conversations with the General
In a recent Country Life an article covered the love letters of famous men. One of the letters was a letter from Bonaparte to Joséphine, the future Empress. It reads:
“I do not love thee anymore; on the contrary I detest thee. Thou art horrid, very awkward, very stupid, a very Cinderella. Thou dost not write me at all, thou dost not love thy husband; thou knowest the pleasure that thy letters afford him, and thou dost not write him six lines of even haphazard scribble…..In truth I am anxious, my good amie at not receiving your news……..I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under The Equator.”
Charming stuff but I have not found anything as endearing in the Wellington story. Maybe you know better?
