In three letters written in 1840 under the name Michael Angelo Titmarsh, Thackeray describes the disinterment of Napoleon’s body on St. Helena, its voyage to France, and the gaudy state funeral in Paris that he watched from the crowd, puncturing hero worship and official pomp with relentless humour.
Early Thackeray, mocking and shrewd, for anyone curious about the Napoleonic legend. Download the free EPUB.