 Nodier was working as a secretary to the elderly Sir Herbert Croft, 5th Baronet and his platonic friend Lady Mary Hamilton.During this time he translated Hamilton's book "Munster Village" and helped her write "La famille du duc de Popoli" or "The Duc de Popoli" which was published in 1810.In December 1812 Nodier moved to Ljubljana, then the capital of the newly established French Illyrian Provinces, and was in 1813 the last editor of a multilingual newspaper, the "Official Telegraph of the Illyrian Provinces" ("Télégraphe officiel des Provinces Illyriennes") published in French, German and Italian.