Courtesan and Countess by Jana Verhoeven

Author:Jana Verhoeven
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780522868852
Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing

Notes

1 Adolphe Thiers (1797–1877), French politician, was touring Europe to gather support for the French government. He was to re-enter the political scene after the surrender to the Prussians, and played a key role in the suppression of the Commune, which killed thousands of Parisians in May 1871.

2 This is an inconsistency because Céleste had talked about a New Year’s dinner at her house in 1867 where both men were present.

3 Ranvier used to run a small porcelain painting business, until bankrupted through a copyright lawsuit concerning an illustration that one of his employees used (Clère, p. 157).

4 Ranvier refers to Napoléon III’s wife, Eugénie de Montijo (1826–1920). After the fall of her husband, they both went into exile in England. Their tombs can be found in Saint Michael’s Abbey, Farnborough.

5 L’Asile impérial du Vésinet, opened in 1859, is indeed of grandiose proportion and still serves as the main hospital for the community. Between its inauguration and 1866, more than 27 000 convalescent working-class women had been received there (see Chairou).

6 On 31 October 1870, masterminded by Ranvier and Flourens (Clère, p. 157).

7 Former royal palace and famous prison used in the nineteenth century for political and high-value prisoners.

8 This letter, which details Ranvier’s movements on 31 October 1870, also forms part of the Thibault papers.

9 Charles Floquet (1828–96), French republican politician. On 3 October 1870 he resigned from his post as member of the Government of National Defence in order to prepare the actual defence of the capital. In 1871 he tried to reconcile the Paris Commune and the National Assembly in Versailles.

10 Military dispatches and personal mail were coming from Tours and later Poitiers, where the Government of National Defence had fled.

11 Napoléon le Petit was a political pamphlet written and published by Victor Hugo in 1852 during his exile in Brussels. It was republished in Paris in 1870.

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