Author: Thomas H. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Helena
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
A History of the Island of St. Helena
Author: Thomas H. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Helena
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Finding Napoleon
Author: Margaret RodenbergPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1647420172
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 409
Book Description
“Rodenberg inventively uses Bonaparte’s own unfinished novel to tell the story of the despot’s rise to power, which she juxtaposes against the story of his last love affair. Told creatively and with excellent research!” —Stephanie Dray, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of America's First Daughter and The Women of Chateau Lafayette “Beautiful and poignant.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times best-selling author of The Queen’s Fortune With its delightful adaptation of Napoleon Bonaparte’s real attempt to write romantic fiction, Finding Napoleon: A Novel offers a fresh take on Europe’s most powerful man after he’s lost everything—except his last love. A forgotten woman of history—the audacious Countess Albine—helps narrate their tale of intrigue, desire, and betrayal. After the defeated Emperor Napoleon goes into exile on tiny St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic, he and his lover, Albine de Montholon, plot to escape and rescue his young son. Banding together enslaved Africans, British sympathizers, a Jewish merchant, a Corsican rogue, and French followers, they confront British opposition—as well as treachery within their own ranks—with sometimes subtle, sometimes bold, but always desperate action. Amid his passions and intrigues, Napoleon finishes his real novel Clisson that he started writing as a young man. Now it's a father's message to the young son whom his enemies took from him, but how can they get it to the boy? When Napoleon and Albine break faith with one another, ambition and Albine’s husband threaten their reconciliation. To succeed, Napoleon must learn whom to trust. To survive, Albine must decide whom to betray. This elegant, richly researched novel reveals the Napoleon history conceals and the Countess Albine history has forgotten.
A Social History of the Sea Islands
Author: Guion Griffis JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781469613628
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The author has drawn on newly discovered manuscripts and the United States Treasury archives to present for the first time a complete picture of the Sea Islands during the Federal occupation throughout the Civil War. The book contains interesting accounts of indigo culture, sea-island cotton culture, the St. Helena slave market, the planter aristocracy, the slave community, the black as landowner, and the effects of the Civil War. Originally published in 1930. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.
The Last Days of Napoleon
Author: François AntonmarchiPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
A History of the Island of St. Helena, from its Discovery by the Portuguese ot the year 1806
Author: Thomas H. BrookeNapoleon and St Helena
Author: Johannes WillmsPublisher: Haus Pub.
ISBN: 9781906598877
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This fascinating travelogue of the little known, though infamous island was praised by the NYBR on hardback publication.
History of the Island of St. Helena, from Its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1823
Author: Thomas H. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Helena
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
St Helena and Ascension Island
Author: Philip AshmolePublisher:
ISBN: 9780904614619
Category : Ascension Island (Atlantic Ocean)
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
St Helena and Ascension are two of the most isolated islands in the world, the tips of enormous volcanoes rising from the depths of the Atlantic Ocean between southern Africa and Brazil, 800 miles apart.
History of the Island of St. Helena, from Its Discovery by the Portuguese to the Year 1823
Author: T. H. BrookePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Saint Helena
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
St Helena
Author: Sue SteinerPublisher: Bradt Travel Guides
ISBN: 9781841621982
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
A guidebook for true explorers, the south Atlantic islands of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are isolated and therefore a fascinating destination for travellers who enjoy a completely different vacation. Their remote location has led to a host of endemic plant species and large seabird colonies, meaning the islands appeal to botanists and birdwatchers the world over.