My first restoration was on Napoleon, trying to put the French version in with the English version, and it was most unsatisfactory. (Kevin Brownlow)

My first restoration was on Napoleon, trying to put the French version in with the English version, and it was most unsatisfactory.

Kevin Brownlow

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