Quote by: Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte

In America, I appear more simple that I am, because I was completely out of my element. It was my misfortune, not my fault, that I was born in a country which was not congenial to my desires. -1815, in a letter to her father William Patterson


Author Bio


  • NameElizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
  • Descriptionwife of Jérôme Bonaparte
  • BornFebruary 6, 1785
  • DiedApril 4, 1879
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionMerchant