Author: Barry Edward O'MearaPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Napoleon in Exile
Author: Barry Edward O'MearaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 370
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Napoleon in Exile; or, a voice from St. Helena
Author: Barry Edward O'MearaPublisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St Helena
Author: J. David MarkhamPublisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781596492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source. Verling was based on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even appointed as Napoleon's official physician. Throughout his stay, this young doctor kept a vivid diary of his experiences. Through Verling's eyes we get a fresh view of daily life on the island and of the suspicion-filled society that grew up around Napoleon during his last years.
NAPOLEON IN EXILE
Author: Barry Edward O'MearaPublisher:
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Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Betsy and the Emperor
Author: Anne WhiteheadPublisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1760112933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was sent into exile on Saint Helena. He became an 'eagle in a cage', reduced from the most powerful figure in Europe to a prisoner on a rock in the South Atlantic. But the fallen emperor was charmed by the pretty teenage daughter of a local merchant, Betsy Balcombe. Anne Whitehead brings to life Napoleon's last years on Saint Helena, revealing the central role of the Balcombe family. She also lays to rest two centuries of speculation about Betsy's relationship with Napoleon. After Napoleon's death, Betsy travelled to Australia in 1823 with her father, who was appointed the first Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales. When the family lost their fortune, she returned to London and published a memoir that made her a celebrity. With her extraordinary connections to royalty and high society, Betsy Balcombe led a life worthy of a Regency romance, but she was always fighting for her independence. This new account reveals Napoleon at his most vulnerable, human and reflective, and a woman caught in some of the most dramatic events of her time. 'Anne Whitehead deftly weaves a lively, poignant tale of Napoleon's last years on St Helena and the precocious teenager whose impudent charm briefly enlivened his exile. Her indefatigable pursuit of a tantalising archival trail takes her readers from St Helena to England, Scotland, France and New South Wales, uncovering a life curiously shadowed by its early brush with fame.' - Professor Penny Russell, University of Sydney
Napoleon in Exile Or a Voice from St. Helena (etc.)
Author: Barry Edward O'MearaPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 511
Book Description
Napoleon in Exile
Author: Barry Edward O'MearaNapoleon in Exile; Or, A Voice from St. Helena. The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events of His Life and Government, in His Own Words. [With a Portrait.]
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Author: Barry Edward O'MearaNapoleon in Exile
Author: Barry Edward O'MearaMemoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon
Author: Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las CasesPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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