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Blackburn, Julia The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena
New York, New York, U.S.A. Pantheon Books 1992 067941150X / 9780679411505 First U.S. Edition Hard Cover Fine Fine
Near-new condition. Stated First American Edition. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 278 pages. After his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena--"further away from anywhere than anywhere else in the world," writes Julia Blackburn, who describes the final years of Napoleon's life on this remote rock in the South Atlantic Ocean, where he died in 1821. A handful of quarreling sycophants accompanied him during his exile, all vying for favors and tolerating the former general's constant cheating at card games. Meanwhile, a contingent of British soldiers kept him under close observation. They feared that he would escape, but an attempt was never made. Interestingly, Blackburn disputes the theory that Napoleon was assassinated by arsenic poisoning. She adds details of her own trip to the island, which continues to serve as a bleak outpost of the British Empire. It was apparently once a place of great natural splendor, but early visitors cut down its trees, which loosened the soil for the eroding winds; the island never really recovered. A few maps and photos would have helped, but this unique book deserves attention from all Napoleon fans. From Publishers Weekly: Described by the author as a place "further away from anywhere than anywhere else in the world," St. Helena is an island, ten-and-one-half miles long and six miles wide, located in the middle of the South Atlantic, on whichNapoleon spent the last six years of his life in exile (1815-1821). British author Blackburn offers an interesting account of Napoleon's difficult existence on this windy, rainy, rat-infested island, as he and his servants strove to maintain the fiction that he remained a powerful emperor. Interwoven with this chronicle the author presents the history of St. Helena, from its discovery in 1502 by Portuguese explorers through British occupation to 1989, when Blackburn visited St. Helena and retraced Napoleon's steps. Part biography, part travelogue, this is an engaging and unusual narrative. Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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