Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . NAPOLEON S ROOM IN WHICH NAPOLEON WAS BORN. To face p. 39.] AJACCIO AND ITS SURROUNDINGS 29 casa on August 15, 1869, the centenary of the birth ofthe great conqueror. To-day the casa belongs to theEmpress Eugenie, the top storey having been used byPrincess Marianne Bonaparte-—wife of Lucien Bona-parte—for some time before her death in 1891, Thereis also a story that the house was burned by the Paolistsin 1793, but of this I could find no confirmation. None of these stories is imparted to the visitor byMadame. She is an enthusiastic Bon
Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . NAPOLEON S ROOM IN WHICH NAPOLEON WAS BORN. To face p. 39.] AJACCIO AND ITS SURROUNDINGS 29 casa on August 15, 1869, the centenary of the birth ofthe great conqueror. To-day the casa belongs to theEmpress Eugenie, the top storey having been used byPrincess Marianne Bonaparte-—wife of Lucien Bona-parte—for some time before her death in 1891, Thereis also a story that the house was burned by the Paolistsin 1793, but of this I could find no confirmation. None of these stories is imparted to the visitor byMadame. She is an enthusiastic Bonapartist and nothingmust be called in question. She points out the room inwhich Napoleon was born, with its small bed from whichthe great Emperor first saw the light of day. Then thereis the sedan chair in which Madame Mfere was broughthome from church just before her great son came intothe world. The other rooms are Napoleons bedroom,in which is the trap-door by which he escaped from theemissaries of Paoli, who in 1793 tried to arrest him whilein hiding in the
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