Viewed through the lens of romance, being constantly watched over by one's lover felt sweet.
But from a normal person's perspective, being watched felt far from pleasant.
Georgiana had noticed that Bonaparte seemed to know her every move. This was not the first time, and presumably not the last.
After sighing, she continued dressing before the mirror.
The Hanseatic League's principal members had once been almost entirely coastal cities. They were frequently plundered by pirates, and all the port cities of Northern Europe joined the Hanseatic League, followed by Prussia and others.
Because it had long stressed the principle of "buying only from the cheapest regions," agriculture and handicrafts within the Hanseatic League itself never developed. Not only had the League dissolved, its former members had now become grain-exporting countries one after another.
The British Navy also required grain supplies in the Baltic Sea. After Copenhagen was bombarded, many Danish sailors lost their ships and came to France to make a living. At the same time, Denmark's foreign minister brought his credentials and defected to France.
While Britain tried to organize its own Baltic trade, France was also preparing actively, seeking to control Denmark and reorganize the Hanseatic League to oppose the British Navy and "neutral countries" such as Sweden.
Peace benefited commercial development. Whether war or internal unrest, neither was good for commerce. The bankers of the Bank of France were unwilling to lend money for the same reason: regimes kept changing, and who knew how long Napoleon and his Consulate could endure?
Yet Napoleon's string of victories still put tremendous pressure on Britain. In 1797, rumors spread wildly that people from France would soon land in Britain, so Parliament urgently passed the Bank Restriction Act, suspending the exchange of banknotes for gold.
It was an experiment, intended to