# Bonaparte — Letters of Two Brides character guide

> Bonaparte in Letters of Two Brides by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Napoleon

**First appearance:** 0003-i-louise-de-chaulieu-to-ren-e-de-maucombe

## Who they are

Napoleon Bonaparte, mentioned as a historical figure.

## In the story

### [V: Renée de Maucombe to Louise de Chaulieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_of_two_brides_se/chapters/v-ren-e-de-maucombe-to-louise-de-chaulieu)

Referenced as the cause of Louis's conscription and the Civil Code that affects noble inheritance.

### [VI: Don Felipe Hénarez to Don Fernand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_of_two_brides_se/chapters/vi-don-felipe-h-narez-to-don-fernand)

Referenced as an example of someone who longed to return to power, unlike Felipe.

### [VII: Louise de Chaulieu to Renée de Maucombe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_of_two_brides_se/chapters/vii-louise-de-chaulieu-to-ren-e-de-maucombe)

Referenced by Louise in her critique of society's survival of Bonapartist ideas.

### [XIX: Louise de Chaulieu to Mme. de l’Estorade](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/letters_of_two_brides_se/chapters/xix-louise-de-chaulieu-to-mme-de-l-estorade)

Referenced in the context of Felipe's political failures and the king's enmity.

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