Brother of Napoleon; he was captured by the British while attempting to flee to the
United States. He lived under house arrest in England (1810-14) while working on his epic
poem on Napoleon.
Lady Holland to John Whishart, 17 December 1814 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of
John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)