Napoleon St Helena
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Napoleon S St Helena
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Author : Gilbert Martineau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Napoleon S St Helena written by Gilbert Martineau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Translation of La Vie quotidienne áa Sainte-Hâeláene au temps de Napolâeon.
History Of The Captivity Of Napoleon At St Helena
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Author : Charles-Tristan comte de Montholon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
History Of The Captivity Of Napoleon At St Helena written by Charles-Tristan comte de Montholon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.
Napoleon At St Helena
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Author : John Stevens Cabot Abbott
language : en
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Release Date : 1855
Napoleon At St Helena written by John Stevens Cabot Abbott and has been published by New York, Harper & brothers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1855 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.
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.
Talks Of Napoleon At St Helena With General Baron Gourgaud
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Author : Baron Gaspard Gourgaud
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2017-01-23
Talks Of Napoleon At St Helena With General Baron Gourgaud written by Baron Gaspard Gourgaud and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-23 with History categories.
First published in its English translation in 1903, this memoir is composed from private journal entries of Gaspard Gourgaud as a result of his conversations with Napoleon I of France between June 1815 and March 1818, during the latter’s exile on St. Helena. Additionally, journal entries made by Gourgaud on his voyage to St. Helena with Napoleon are included. “It is hoped that this record of what Napoleon said, taken down by one whose truthfulness Napoleon himself vouched for, may be found interesting by many who might have been wearied by reading the larger part of this record, although it was kept by a man who loved his master devotedly, and who had been attached to his personal service since 1812.” “The one capital and superior record of life at St. Helena is the private journal of General Gourgaud. It was written, in the main at least, for his own eye, without flattery or even prejudice. It is sometimes almost brutal in its realism. He alone of all the chroniclers strove to be accurate, and on the whole succeeded.”—Lord Roseberry, Napoleon: The Last Phase
Napoleon From The Tuileries To St Helena
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Author : Etienne Louis Saint-Denis (known as Ali)
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2011-09-09
Napoleon From The Tuileries To St Helena written by Etienne Louis Saint-Denis (known as Ali) and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-09 with History categories.
Following the abortive campaign in Egypt, Napoleon collected a number of men from the Mamelukes to serve in his household and a further number in his Imperial Guard. They held positions of great esteem and closeness to the Emperor’s person, and as time went on the title of Mameluke denoted the position in the household, rather than the origin of the person. The man known as Ali the Mameluke was actually a Frenchman born at Versailles, son of a member of the Bourbon household staff. He was attached to the household of the Emperor on the recommendation of the Master of Horse, Armand de Caulaincourt. The memoirs that he left behind him are a close and balanced portrait of Napoleon during the last years of his reign, the Hundred Days, and finally his imprisonment on St. Helena. Ali’s memoirs are free from the overly gossipy tone of those left by Constant and are more accurate and penetrating than those of Roustam. He studiously avoids entering into the details that he did not personally view. Although he is a staunch Bonapartist, overall, there is not too much bias. He freely shows the stresses and strains of Napoleon carrying out his plans in grandeur, and then in ignominious surroundings at Longwood. All of the luminaries of the last days of the Empire pass before Ali’s eyes and therefore his pen, and he is not always flattering about them. An important memoir of an intimate member of Napoleon’s household. Author – Etienne Louis Saint-Denis (known as Ali) (1788-1856) Translator – Frank Hunter Potter (1851-1932) Illustrations– 7 Illustrations, and three maps, all included
Recollections Of The Emperor Napoleon
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Author : Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe Abell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1844
Recollections Of The Emperor Napoleon written by Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe Abell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1844 with France categories.
History Of The Captivity Of Napoleon At St Helena
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Author : Charles Jean François Tristan de MONTHOLON (Marquis de Montholon-Sémonville.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1847
History Of The Captivity Of Napoleon At St Helena written by Charles Jean François Tristan de MONTHOLON (Marquis de Montholon-Sémonville.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1847 with categories.
Napoleon St Helena
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Author : Johannes Willms
language : en
Publisher: Haus Pub.
Release Date : 2011
Napoleon St Helena written by Johannes Willms and has been published by Haus Pub. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Travel categories.
This fascinating travelogue of the little known, though infamous island was praised by the NYBR on hardback publication.