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Author : J. David Markham
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 27,78 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Examines the life of Napoleon after the Battle of Waterloo, his fall from power, and the politics surrounding his surrender.
Author : Joseph Lockwood
Publisher :
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 36,56 MB
Release : 1851
Category : Saint Helena
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Author : Benjamin Grant
Publisher : St. Helena : B. Grant
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,50 MB
Release : 1883
Category : Geology
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Author :
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 17,70 MB
Release : 1702
Category : Saint Helena
ISBN :
Author : J. David Markham
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 33,51 MB
Release : 2008-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 1781596735
Napoleon's incredible career went through a number of distinct periods. Much has been written about his rise to power, his time as leader of France, his ultimate defeat at Waterloo and his exile on St. Helena. But the short critical period of his fall from power, the few months in 1815 between Waterloo and his arrival on St. Helena, has received less attention. J. David Markham's gripping new study focuses on this, Napoleon's last journey, and the final dramatic episodes in his fateful life.
Author : John Charles Melliss
Publisher :
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 45,34 MB
Release : 1875
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Author : Susan Britt-Gallagher
Publisher : Bradt Travel Guides
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,93 MB
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1841629391
Rugged, volcanic and very remote, the three tiny islands of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha dot the South Atlantic like so many bits of flotsam. As Napoleon's place of exile following the Battle of Waterloo, St Helena has gained a notoriety that assures its place in the travel lexicon. This fully revised edition includes information on St Helena's new airport, which makes it possible for the first time for visitors to explore the island's natural and historic attractions without a five-day sea voyage to get here. Hiking, fishing, snorkelling and diving are included, plus details of marine wildlife, from whale sharks and dolphins to groupers and soldier fish. Expert author Tricia Hayne also provides a section on '24 hours in Cape Town', offering a brief overview of what to see and do with a day between voyages.
Author : Pat Conroy
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 767 pages
File Size : 21,50 MB
Release : 2011-08-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0307804739
An American expatriate in Rome unearths his family legacy in this sweeping novel by the acclaimed author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini A Southerner living abroad, Jack McCall is scarred by tragedy and betrayal. His desperate desire to find peace after his wife’s suicide draws him into a painful, intimate search for the one haunting secret in his family’s past that can heal his anguished heart. Spanning three generations and two continents, from the contemporary ruins of the American South to the ancient ruins of Rome, from the unutterable horrors of the Holocaust to the lingering trauma of Vietnam, Beach Music sings with life’s pain and glory. It is a novel of lyric intensity and searing truth, another masterpiece among Pat Conroy’s legendary and beloved novels. Praise for Beach Music “Astonishing . . . stunning . . . The range of passions and subjects that bring life to every page is almost endless.”—The Washington Post Book World “Magnificent . . . clearly Conroy’s best.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Blockbuster writing at its best.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review “Pat Conroy’s writing contains a virtue now rare in most contemporary fiction: passion.”—The Denver Post “A powerful, heartfelt tale.”—Houston Chronicle
Author : Jean-Paul Kauffmann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,54 MB
Release : 1999
Category : France
ISBN : 9781860467745
After Waterloo, Napoleon gave himself up to the British, expecting to end his days leading the life of a country gentleman. Instead he was exiled to the remote island of St. Helena where he was to spend the last six years of his life in a house called Longwood. Jean-Paul Kauffmann, who was himself imprisoned as a hostage in Beirut for three years, visits Longwood and sits for days in the French Emperor's simple room in an attempt to understand those years of exile. The past seeps into the present and the house slowly comes alive with the great man's presence. Napoleon was accompanied to St. Helena by a faithful few whose eye-witness accounts reveal how he coped with his captivity and how it finally crushed him. The Dark Room at Longwood is Kauffmann's journey back into the past and a finely written, highly evocative exploration of Napoleon's final years.
Author : Julia Blackburn
Publisher :
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 15,31 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Saint Helena
ISBN : 9780749399580
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. 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.