When peace reopened the Continent in 1814, Richard Boyle Bernard crossed from London and toured France, Switzerland, Savoy, the Rhineland and Belgium. He notes large bonnets, passports and French dinners, the ruins of Chantilly, Paris and its gamblers, Lausanne and Lake Geneva, comparing everything with home.
A fresh snapshot of Europe at the moment between Napoleon’s abdication and Waterloo. Download the free EPUB.