Lucien was not received into the College of Brienne, at least not until his brother had quitted the Military School of Paris.
Bonaparte was undoubtedly a man of good family.

I have seen an authentic account of his genealogy, which he obtained from Tuscany.

A great deal has been said about the civil dissensions which forced his family to quit Italy and take refuge in Corsica.

On this subject I shall say nothing.
Many and various accounts have been given of Bonaparte's youth.
-- [The following interesting trait of Napoleon's childhood is derived from the 'Memoirs of the Duchesse d'Arbranes':--"He was one day accused by one of his sisters of having eaten a basketful of grapes, figs, and citrons, which had come from the garden of his uncle the Canon.

None but those who were acquainted with the Bonaparte family can form any idea of the enormity of this offence.
To eat fruit belonging to the uncle the Canon was infinitely more criminal than to eat grapes and figs which might be claimed by anybody else.