4. Gentlemanly Pursuits
1. Armand François Rupert Laity, Relation Historique des Événements du 30 Octobre 1836 (Paris: private printing, 1838), pp. 28–29; Thirria, v. I, p. 57.
2. Alexis de Tocqueville quote from Louis Girard, Napoléon III (Paris: Fayard, 1895), p. 103.
3. Giraudeau, op. cit., p. 40.
4. Giraudeau, Ibid., p. 41. Letter to a friend, Feb. 2, 1833.
5. Giuseppe Grabinski, Un ami de Napoléon III: Le Comte Arese et la Politique italienne sous le Second Empire (Paris: L. Bahl, 1897), p. 27. The Grabinskis served as military commanders of the Carbonari against the Austrians.
6. Grabinski, Ibid., p. 19. Letter of Nov. 7, 1830, first published by Romauldo Bonafidini, Via di Francesco Arese (Torino: Roux, 1894), pp. 20–21.
7. Prof. Milza, in his excellent work, gives the best general coverage of the turbulent political situation in Italy at this time: Milza, op. cit., e.g., pp. 60–61.
8. Louis Napoléon to Hortense, Jan.–Feb. 1836, Hortense, Mémoires, v. III, pp. 215–217.
9. Prince Louis Napoléon to his father, Louis Bonaparte, Feb. 25, 1836, AN 400 AP 40.
10. General Pier Damiano Armandi to Queen Hortense, March 3, 1836, quoted by Hortense, Mémoires, v. III, pp. 224–225.
11. Milza, op. cit., p. 67.
12. Valérie Masuyer, Mémoires de Valérie Masuyer, Dame d’Honneur de la Reine Hortense (Paris: Ladvocat, 1836–1838), pp. 156–172.
13. Milza, op. cit., p. 74.
14. Letter, April 1831, Louis Napoléon to Louis Philippe, in Mémoires de la Reine Hortense, vol. III, p. 278.
15. Milza, op. cit., p. 81.
16. Louis to his son, March 24, 1831, Giraudeau, op. cit., p. 26.
17. Louis Napoléon to his father, n. d. [1831], Giraudeau, Ibid., pp. 46–47.
18. Milza, Ibid., p. 81.