Contents - A Gilded Cage

CONTENTS A Gilded Cage

 

A List of Maps, Family Trees, Illustrations and Colour Plates - 4

 

A Note To The Reader - 11

Chapter One: Capture – 13   - His departure from Musignano - departure from Civitavecchia - capture at Cagliari - transportation to Malta.

Chapter Two: Reflections – 19   - Imprisonment in Fort Ricasoli, Malta - reflections on his early life, marriages and career - residence in the Palace St Antonio - negotiations with General Oaks.

Chapter Three: Under Escort - 24   - On board HMS President - arrival at Plymouth - the journey to Ludlow.

Chapter Four: The Dinham Prison - 42  - Life in Ludlow - Colonel Leighton the 'superintendent' - the search for another house - press interest.

Colour Plates: - 68   - Twenty three colour plates.

Chapter Five: The Thorngrove Prison - 94   - Life in Worcestershire - birth of Louis-Lucien - writing Charlemagne - Dr Butler visits.

Chapter Six: Release - 122   - Visits William Herschel - buys telescopes - returns to Italy - Napoleon's 100 Days.

Chapter Seven: A Voluntary Return – 132   - Joins Joseph Bonaparte in London - his five year absence from Alexandrine - return to Italy - Etruscan discoveries - illness and death.

 

Acknowledgements - 149

Notes – 152

Bibliography - 161

Index – 163