is an author, historical consultant and special advisor. He began his career as a researcher at Her Majesty’s College of Arms, London, later becoming a medals specialist at Spink & Son, and has independently advised royal families, governments and embassies on protocol, ceremony and medals as well as been a historical advisor for film and TV productions in the UK, France and USA. He has worked in architectural heritage consultancy for Purcell as well as interviewed and worked with other historians such as Professor Kate Williams. Educated at Lancing, Royal Holloway and Cambridge, he is President of the Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society, Councillor of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and co-organiser of the Royal Versailles Ball 2022.
A hitherto unexamined history of the wider Bonaparte family, presented in a newway shedding fresh light on their eventful lives in Britain. From duels on Wimbledon Common and attempted suicides in Hyde Park, to public brawls and arrests in Shropshire, and the sexual adventures of a princess who rescuedFreud from the Nazis and brought him to Britain, this book exposes the curiousevents surrounding the family’s exploits in England, Scotland and Ireland.Originally an island family themselves, the Bonapartes have had a surprisingly good relationship with the British Isles. In just twogenerations, the Bonapartes went from being Britain’s worst enemies to one of Queen Victoria’s closest friends. Far from another mere history of Napoleon Bonaparte, this book isdivided into different branches of the Bonaparte dynasty, detailing – in ananecdotal way – their rather scandalous lives in Britain.
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