Author: Thomas H. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
A History of the Island of St. Helena, from its Discovery by the Portuguese ot the year 1806
A History of the Island of St. Helena
Author: Thomas H. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Helena
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
The Annual Review and History of Literature
Author: Catalogue of the Library of Congress
Author: Library of CongressPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
Book Description
Debates at the East-India House, During the Negociation for a Renewal of the East-India Company's Charter
Author: East India CompanyThe Monsters of St. Helena
Author: Brooks HansenPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312422011
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to the island of St. Helena in the Atlantic, "the place on earth farthest from any other place." The island is populated by English expatriates, the descendants of Portuguese settlers, and their slaves. Bonaparte's arrival--with a retinue of fifteen hundred people--throws the island population into turmoil and particularly alarms the slaves, who believe the emperor to be a demon. After settling in a teahouse in a patch of briars and fruit trees, Napoleon is befriended by a teenage girl, Betsy Balcombe--the only person who is able to penetrate the imperial facade and understand the proud, wounded man within
The art of preserving all kinds of animal and vegetable substances for several years. Transl
Author: Charles AppertCatalogue de la Bibliothèque du Parlement du Canada
Author: Canada. Parlement. BibliothèquePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Parliament: General library
Author: Canada. Library of ParliamentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 1088
Book Description
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