The Emperor's Last Island
Journey to St.Helena
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1992
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Minerva (Verlag)
978-0-7493-9958-0 (ISBN)
Minerva (Verlag)
978-0-7493-9958-0 (ISBN)
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A book about St Helena, where Napoleon spent the last six years of his life - a tiny South Atlantic island with a sad, strange history. The book follows Napoleon through the eyes of those who lived with him and guarded him, and is also a description of the author's own journey to the island.
After Waterloo, Napoleon gave himself up to the English on the understanding that they would lodge him in a "fairly large" country house just outside London. Instead, he spent the final six years of his life as a prisoner of St Helena, a tiny tropical island in the South Atlantic. More than 2000 British soldiers were stationed there to ensure he could not escape, and the former Emperor and his companions lived in a wind-blown tumbledown house. This is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history. It follows Napoleon through the eyes of those who lived with him and guarded him, and is also a description of the author's own journey to the island.
After Waterloo, Napoleon gave himself up to the English on the understanding that they would lodge him in a "fairly large" country house just outside London. Instead, he spent the final six years of his life as a prisoner of St Helena, a tiny tropical island in the South Atlantic. More than 2000 British soldiers were stationed there to ensure he could not escape, and the former Emperor and his companions lived in a wind-blown tumbledown house. This is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history. It follows Napoleon through the eyes of those who lived with him and guarded him, and is also a description of the author's own journey to the island.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.7.1992 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 126 x 198 mm |
| Gewicht | 192 g |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Welt / Arktis / Antarktis |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7493-9958-9 / 0749399589 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7493-9958-0 / 9780749399580 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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