The sensation produced by this lecture had no slight share in provoking the decree of Napoleon by which the chair of national eloquence was abolished in all the Italian universities. Soon afterwards, Foscolo's tragedy of Ajax was presented, with little success, at Milan, and because of its supposed allusions to Napoleon, he was forced to move from Milan to Tuscany. The chief fruits of his stay in Florence are the tragedy of "Ricciarda", the "Ode to the Graces", left unfinished, and the completion of his version of the "Sentimental Journey" (1813), having covered much of the ground covered by its main character the Reverend Yorick thanks to his time at the Boulogne-sur-Mer camp as part of Napoleon's invasion force against Britain. In his memoir of Didimo Chierico, to whom the version is dedicated, Foscolo throws much light on his own character. His version of Sterne is an important feature in his personal history.