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Episode 21: Down and Out in Paris

The Age of Napoleon Podcast

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Napoleon's Life in Paris

Napoleon was not well-suited to this indolent, decadent new climate. He could never totally fit in to a social scene that reveled in frivolity. Laura Dabrantes' memoirs are notoriously elitist and acid-tongued. She would later go on to marry Juneau. Here's how she described Bonaparte during these months in Paris.

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