Press reviews Napoleonic press review: articles from all over the world. Year of publication 2021 2022 2023 2019 Press reviews : 1 Press review Declaration of war on Napoleon: Letter by George III sells at auction (January 2019) On 10 January 2019, a handwritten letter penned on 14 May 1803 by King George III addressed to the British Secretary of State Lord Hawkesbury in which he intended to declare war on Napoleon was bought by a private collector for more than £11,000 at auction, more than 11 times its upper estimate of £1,000. Transcript of the […]