Nor man nor fiend hath fall'n so far.
- Lord Byron, from Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte
Reading "JM Barrie and the Lost Boys," Andrew Birkin's hauntingly depressing account of the origins of Peter Pan, I became aware of a very small and shallow vein of Napoleonic imagery.
- Lord Byron, from Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte
Reading "JM Barrie and the Lost Boys," Andrew Birkin's hauntingly depressing account of the origins of Peter Pan, I became aware of a very small and shallow vein of Napoleonic imagery.
In early theatrical productions of the play, after Peter vanquishes
Captain Hook, the boys form a tableaux in imitation of Napoleon on
Board the Bellerophon, a painting by Sir William Orchardson.
Oddly, my book, purchased off Amazon, is a used library copy, and has a sticker on the cover: it's from Waterloo Public Library.
