£360
Sicily 1811 important ms documents relating to the Kingdom of Sicily at the time of Napoleon, being transcripts of British Government internal correspondence regarding Britain's relations with what was then an independent Kingdom, including interviews with the King and Queen of Sicily and their relationship with Napoleon (who was in exile in St Helena), as well as other subjects including the British attitude towards privateers. Together with a further volume containing a few drafts of diplomatic correspondence. Both volumes have been, at some subsequent time, probably in the late 19th c been used as ledgers and have somewhat crudely written notes in pencil. However the original documents are unblemished and perfectly legible throughout. These documents provide a valuable insight into British diplomacy during a particularly dangerous period of European politics
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