Napoleon S Exile
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Napoleon In Exile Or A Voice From St Helena
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Author : Barry Edward O'Meara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822
Napoleon In Exile Or A Voice From St Helena written by Barry Edward O'Meara and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with France categories.
Napoleon On Elba
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Author : Neil Campbell
language : en
Publisher: Ravenhall Books
Release Date : 2004
Napoleon On Elba written by Neil Campbell and has been published by Ravenhall Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In April 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte, onetime emperor of France and master of Europe, was exiled to the island of Elba. Colonel Neil Campbell was instructed to accompany the fallen monarch. Part guardian, part spy, Campbell monitored Napoleon and kept an observant watch on the comings and goings of his confidents and much reduced household staff. He eavesdropped on the island's gossip, conversed almost daily with Napoleon, attempted to gain his trust and sought to gauge his intentions. For a year, Campbell kept an intimate diary of events on the tiny island. It paints character studies of all the key personalities and wades into island gossip with relish. It records events as Napoleon builds an empire in miniature on Elba and it keeps an eye on the coming and going of agents and would-be assassins. Frank and enlightening it also reveals much about the personality of Napoleon and of the tensions and subterfuge within the exiled community as Napoleon devises and implements his plans for an escape. The vivid diary is now published in a new accessible edition and it is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this era when the fate of empires hung in the balance.
Terrible Exile
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Author : Brian Unwin
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2010-02-17
Terrible Exile written by Brian Unwin and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Feted and feared by millions of citizens, Napoleon was the most powerful and famous man of his age. But following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo the future of the one-time Emperor of France seemed irredeemably bleak. How did the brilliant tactician cope with being at the mercy of his captors? How did he react to a life in exile on St Helena - and how did the other inhabitants of that isolated and impregnable island respond to his presence there? And what tactics did he develop to preserve his legacy in such drastically reduced circumstances? Tracing events from the dramatic defeat at Waterloo to his death six years later, this is the first modern comprehensive account of the last phase of Napoleon's life. Drawing on many previously overlooked journals and letters, Brian Unwin has pieced together a remarkably vivid account of Napoleon's final years which also offers fresh insights into the character of this giant of European history. Through his initial flight from the battlefield and his journey into exile on St Helena, Napoleon refused to accept that he would not be allowed to return to somewhere in Europe or even America. He railed against every aspect of his imprisonment and conspired to make life as difficult as possible for his unfortunate jailer, Hudson Lowe, whose impossible situation is sympathetically described here. Confined with him in the damp and confined Longwood House, life was also uncomfortable for those loyal companions who chose to journey with him into exile. Unsurprisingly for such a man of action, Napoleon bitterly resented being under constant supervision when he ventured outside his house and suffered acutely from boredom as much as from his physical ailments. Contrary to the strict wishes of the English he refused to accept any diminution in his status: 'Je ne suis pas le General Bonaparte, je suis L'Empereur Napoleon.' But gradually Napoleon came to think less about escape and more about how he would be remembered by future generations, spending hour after hour dictating the story of his campaigns to Count Las Cases, the companion who had travelled with him chiefly to act as his amanuensis. Terrible Exile brilliantly evokes the claustrophobic atmosphere of life on St Helena, offering a colourful and original history of the period as well as a persuasive psychological portrait of a great man in reduced circumstances. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Napoleonic history and is an important addition to our understanding of the subject.
Memoirs Of The Life Exile And Conversations Of The Emperor Napoleon
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Author : Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné Las Cases (C
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Memoirs Of The Life Exile And Conversations Of The Emperor Napoleon written by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné Las Cases (C and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Napoleon S Exile
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Author : Patrick Rambaud
language : en
Publisher: Grove Press
Release Date : 2007-07
Napoleon S Exile written by Patrick Rambaud and has been published by Grove Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07 with Fiction categories.
The stunning finale to the award-winning Napoleonic trilogy presents the legendary figure as you have never before seen him — exiled and humiliated and vividly real. Patrick Rambaud closes his epic trilogy, which began with The Battle, winner of the Prix Goncourt and the Grand Prix Roman de l’Academie Francaise, and The Retreat. In 1814 Napoleon is racing back to Paris from the debacle of his Russian invasion. A plot afoot in the capital — to return a royal to the throne — succeeds, and Napoleon’s marshals force him to abdicate and go into exile. Octave Senecal, Napoleon’s loyal aide and savior, tells the tale of their journey south through the angry, mob-filled countryside to Elba, a tiny island off the coast of Tuscany. Here Patrick Rambaud brings to life not the Napoleon of the history books, but Napoleon the man — a man horribly bored by exile, gambling with his mother to pass the time, spearing the occasional tuna with local fishermen, and fretting constantly that secret agents and murderers surround him. He is soon planning his escape, while in France his former soldiers spend their evenings drinking to the return of “l’absent.” They won’t have long to wait.
The Last Days Of Napoleon
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Author : Francesco Antommarchi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1826
The Last Days Of Napoleon written by Francesco Antommarchi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1826 with categories.
Napoleon In Exile St Helena 1815 1821
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Author : Norwood Young
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1915
Napoleon In Exile St Helena 1815 1821 written by Norwood Young and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1915 with categories.
Napoleon In Exile
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Author : Barry Edward O'Meara
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1822
Napoleon In Exile written by Barry Edward O'Meara and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1822 with France categories.
Memoirs Of The Life Exile And Conversations Of The Emperor Napoleon
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Author : Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1855
Memoirs Of The Life Exile And Conversations Of The Emperor Napoleon written by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 with categories.
The Escape From Elba
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Author : Norman MacKenzie
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2007-09-20
The Escape From Elba written by Norman MacKenzie 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 2007-09-20 with History categories.
The year is 1814. The Allies have driven Napoleon's once-mighty armies back to Paris. Trapped, forced to abdicate after two decades of triumphant rule, the Emperor takes leave of his comrades-in-arms and sets sail for his new domain - the tiny, poverty-stricken, pestilential island of Elba. Yet within ten months Napoleon will enter Paris once again, at the heels of the fleeing Bourbon king, flushed with victory and cheered by the masses. The Escape From Elba tells the heroic story of Napoleon's exile and phoenix-like return. In this classic account, now republished in paperback, Norman MacKenzie chronicles this extraordinary year: the tense last hours of Napoleon's empire, his humiliating exile, his midnight escape and his whirlwind march over snowbound mountains to Grenoble where, in a dramatic confrontation with the French army, he became a reigning prince again. Described in vivid detail are Napoleon's adventures as the head of Elba. He brought society, splendour, organization and political intrigue to this run-down backwater. And he displayed on this small stage the many sides of his charismatic.