Napoleon S Atlantic
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Napoleon S Atlantic
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Author : Christophe Belaubre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Napoleon S Atlantic written by Christophe Belaubre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Atlantic Ocean Region categories.
Without pretending to provide a comprehensive treatment of Napoleon's Atlantic impact, this book traces the direct and indirect consequences of France's substantial post-1804/5 retreat from an Atlantic presence, and suggest how Napoleonic era world wars contributed to emerging post-imperial identities in the Americas.
Napoleon S Last Island
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Author : Thomas Keneally
language : en
Publisher: Sceptre
Release Date : 2016-05-19
Napoleon S Last Island written by Thomas Keneally and has been published by Sceptre this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with categories.
On the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic ocean, Napoleon spends his last years in exile. It is a hotbed of gossip, and secret liaisons, where a blind eye is turned to relations between colonials and slaves. The disgraced emperor is subjected to vicious and petty treatment by his captors, but he forges an unexpected ally: a rebellious British girl, Betsy, who lives on the island with her family and becomes his unlikely friend. Based on fact, Our Great Friend is the surprising story of one of history's most enigmatic figures and a British family who dared to associate with him. It is a tale of vengeance, duplicity and loyalty, and of a man whose charisma made him dangerous to the end.
Canal Of Nicaragua Or A Project To Connect The Atlantic And Pacific Oceans By Means Of A Canal
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Author : Napoleon III (Emperor of the French)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
Canal Of Nicaragua Or A Project To Connect The Atlantic And Pacific Oceans By Means Of A Canal written by Napoleon III (Emperor of the French) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1846 with Canale Napoleone de Nicaragua categories.
Napoleon S Appeal To The British Nation On His Treatment At Saint Helena
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Author : Emperor of the French Napoleon I
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2021-05-19
Napoleon S Appeal To The British Nation On His Treatment At Saint Helena written by Emperor of the French Napoleon I and has been published by Good Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-19 with Fiction categories.
"Napoleon's Appeal to the British Nation" is a book that reveals Napoleon's captivity periods as well as his relations with the British. Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars. The British kept Napoleon on the island of Saint Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, from the west coast of Africa. Napoleon was moved to Longwood House on Saint Helena in December 1815. He often complained of the living conditions of Longwood House in letters to the island's governor and his custodian, Hudson Lowe. Excerpt: "M.SANTINI, Huissier du Cabinet de l'Empereur NAPOLEON, arrived at Portsmouth from St. Helena on the 25th February 1817. He affirms, that Napoleon, on his arrival at St. Helena, was treated by Sir George Cockburn with respect and delicacy. He was afterwards transferred to Longwood, once a farm belonging to the East India Company. In this wretched asylum he still remains. His sleeping chamber is scarcely large enough to contain a bed and a few chairs. The roof of this hovel consists of paper, coated with pitch, which is beginning to rot, and through which the rain-water and dew penetrate. In addition to all these inconveniences, the house is infested by rats, who devour every thing that they can reach."
Napoleon S Garden Island
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Author : Donal P. McCracken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
Napoleon S Garden Island written by Donal P. McCracken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Electronic books categories.
Napoleon S Last Island
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Author : Thomas Keneally
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2016-10-04
Napoleon S Last Island written by Thomas Keneally and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Fiction categories.
The bestselling author of Schindler’s List and The Daughters of Mars returns with a remarkable novel about the friendship between a quick-witted young woman and one of history’s most intriguing figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, during the final years of his life in exile on St. Helena—hailed by the New York Times Book Review as “insightful and nimble...consistently fresh and engaging...call[ing] to mind the giants of 19th century fiction.” In October 1815, after losing the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was banished to the island of Saint Helena. There, in one of the most remote places on earth, he lived out the final six years of his life. On this lonely island with no chance of escape, he found an unexpected ally: a spirited British girl named Betsy Balcombe who lived on the island with her family. While Napoleon waited for his own accommodations to be built, the Balcombe family played host to the infamous exile, a decision that would have devastating consequences for them all. In Napoleon’s Last Island, “master of character development and period detail” (Kirkus Reviews) Thomas Keneally recreates Betsy’s powerful and complex friendship with the man dubbed The Great Ogre, her enmities and alliances with his remaining courtiers, and her dramatic coming-of-age. Bringing a shadowy period of history to life with a brilliant attention to detail, Keneally tells the untold story of one of Europe’s most enigmatic, charismatic, and important figures, and the ordinary British family who dared to forge a connection with him.
Napoleon A Very Short Introduction
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Author : David A. Bell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-09-11
Napoleon A Very Short Introduction written by David A. Bell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-11 with History categories.
This Very Short Introduction might prove disappointing to those expecting an introduction to a very short man. Dispelling the myth of Napoleon Bonaparte's short stature, as well as the other rumors and legends, David A. Bell provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. This book emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility--for both good and ill--that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. Bell underscores the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career. The revolution made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon accrued, and his success in mobilizing human and material resources for war. Without the political changes brought about by the revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary.
The Emperor S Last Island
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Author : Julia Blackburn
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-10-10
The Emperor S Last Island written by Julia Blackburn and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-10 with History categories.
In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helena for a surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. “A resonant meditation on exile, fame, the stories we tell about ourselves (and) the bigger stories we tell about our great figures.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review
Napoleon On St Helena
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Author : Mabel Brookes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-11-26
Napoleon On St Helena written by Mabel Brookes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-26 with History categories.
Napoleon surrendered to the British in July 1815, and wished to be allowed free passage to America. This was denied, and he was incarcerated on the rocky island of St Helena. Here the fallen Emperor was humiliated by an over-bearing Governor, until released by death from stomach cancer in 1821. This human study is a sympathetic account of his imprisonment.
British Campaigns In The South Atlantic 1805 1807
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Author : J.D. Grainger
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-03-13
British Campaigns In The South Atlantic 1805 1807 written by J.D. Grainger and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-13 with History categories.
Between 1805 and 1807 the British mounted several expeditions into the South Atlantic aimed at weakening Napoleon's Spanish and Dutch allies. The targets were the Dutch colony on South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, which potentially threatened British shipping routes to India, and the Spanish colonies in the Rio de la Plata basin (now parts of Argentina and Uruguay). ??In 1805 an army of around 6,000 men was dispatched for the Cape under the highly-respected General David Baird. They were escorted and assisted by a naval squadron under Home Riggs Popham. The Cape surrendered in January 1806. ?Popham then persuaded Baird to lend him troops for an attack on Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires was taken in July but the paltry British force (around 2,400 men) was then besieged and forced to surrender in August. Popham was later court martialled for exceeding his orders.??In Feb 1807 Montevideo was taken by a new (officially sanctioned) British force of 6,000 men. Whitelocke, the British Commander then attempted to retake Buenos Aires (not least to free British prisoners from the first attempt) but was defeated by unexpectedly fierce resistance stiffened by armed creoles and slaves. After heavy losses he signed an armistice, surrendering Montevideo and withdrawing all his forces. He too was court-martialled. ??One of the major themes of this new account is the strong Scottish connection Baird and Popham were both Scots, and the 71st Highlanders made up the main force in the Cape and Popham's adventure. Another is the unlooked for consequences of these actions. The arrival of Scottish Calvinist ministers in the Cape influenced the eventual development of apartheid, while successful resistance to the British, with little help from Spain, shaped and accelerated the independence movement in South America.