“Your story of Pius VII, Sir, came to me at the very moment when I was immersed in all the horrors and embarrassments of a publication: I am finally free and I will hasten to read your important work. I am not a Prince, Sir, but your devoted servant…” Chateaubriand must undoubtedly be referring to the publication of his “essay on English literature and considerations on the genius of men, times and revolutions”