WITH SILENT FRIENDS: The Corsican
... WITH SILENT FRIENDS By Elizabeth Bowen The Corsican NAPOLEON, as it has been remarked, avenged himself on his longstanding foes by his capture of the British imagination. He has fascinated us. More portraits of him and more books about him exist, I should imagine, here, than in any country other than France. We can enjoy his greatness without any kind of responsibility for its effects; he is ...