At the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa stood a famous mountain called Table Mountain, named for its shape, like a flat table.
From the mountain, one could overlook the entire city of Cape Town. The scenery was said to be beautiful, yet no view, however beautiful, was worth going so far out of one's way to see.
There was also a marble table in The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, and that table was exceptionally thick and solid.
The Grand Trianon also had a dining table. William Pitt the Younger had stepped down over the issue of Irish Catholicism, and Henry Addington succeeded him as prime minister. This prime minister did not support British warships lifting the blockade to allow French fishing boats out to sea.
William Pitt the Younger, on the other hand, supported lifting the blockade, allowing not only French fishing vessels, but also merchant ships and warships, to pass smoothly through the British Navy's blockade.
Britain had always used its maritime supremacy to suppress other countries, provoking the resentment of many nations. France happened to win many victories at this time, causing the "neutral nations" to begin wavering.
Neither a defeat nor a brutal, inhumane victory could win over the neutral nations. They would still be more inclined toward the United Kingdom of Great Britain, with its gentler and fairer international image.
More importantly, why would Henry Petty teach Napoleon so many sophisticated methods of finance and taxation?
It was nothing more than an attempt to drive a wedge between Napoleon and the propertied class that supported him. At the time, France had not only Napoleon, but also Moreau, a commander of immense prestige. Bankers who knew nothing of military affairs might abandon the increasingly autocratic Napoleon and support Moreau instead.
Of course, once Napoleon crowned himself