Author: J. David Markham
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781596492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source. Verling was based on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even appointed as Napoleon's official physician. Throughout his stay, this young doctor kept a vivid diary of his experiences. Through Verling's eyes we get a fresh view of daily life on the island and of the suspicion-filled society that grew up around Napoleon during his last years.
Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St Helena
Author: J. David Markham
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781596492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source. Verling was based on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even appointed as Napoleon's official physician. Throughout his stay, this young doctor kept a vivid diary of his experiences. Through Verling's eyes we get a fresh view of daily life on the island and of the suspicion-filled society that grew up around Napoleon during his last years.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1781596492
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source. Verling was based on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even appointed as Napoleon's official physician. Throughout his stay, this young doctor kept a vivid diary of his experiences. Through Verling's eyes we get a fresh view of daily life on the island and of the suspicion-filled society that grew up around Napoleon during his last years.
With Napoleon at St. Helena: Being the Memoirs of Dr. John Stokoe, Naval Surgeon
Author: Paul Frémeaux
Publisher: London and New York, J. Lane
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Publisher: London and New York, J. Lane
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
History of the captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from the letters and journals of sir Hudson Lowe, and official documents not before made public
Author: William Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
History of the captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena
Author: William Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2414
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2414
Book Description
History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena
Author: Forsyth
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: Maggs Bros
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Autographs
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Napoleon from the Tuileries to St. Helena
Author: Louis-Etienne Saint-Denis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : France
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Napoleon at St. Helena, Or, Interesting Anecdotes and Remarkable Conversations of the Emperor During the Five and a Half Years of His Captivity
Author: John Stevens Cabot Abbott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The Book of Human Skin
Author: Michelle Lovric
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408811235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
The book of human skin is a large volume with many pages of villainy writ upon it. There are people who are a disease, you know. 13 May, 1784, Venice: Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying, gothic Palazzo Espagnol, is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child: he is strange, devious and all those who come near him are fearful. Twelve years later Minguillo is faced with an unexpected threat to his inheritance: a newborn sister, Marcella. His untempered jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But in his insatiable quest to destroy her, he may have underestimated his sister's ferocious determination, and her unlikely allies who will go to extraordinary lengths to save her...
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408811235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
The book of human skin is a large volume with many pages of villainy writ upon it. There are people who are a disease, you know. 13 May, 1784, Venice: Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying, gothic Palazzo Espagnol, is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child: he is strange, devious and all those who come near him are fearful. Twelve years later Minguillo is faced with an unexpected threat to his inheritance: a newborn sister, Marcella. His untempered jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But in his insatiable quest to destroy her, he may have underestimated his sister's ferocious determination, and her unlikely allies who will go to extraordinary lengths to save her...
Napoleon’s Purgatory
Author: Thomas M. Barden
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1622739906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
"Napoleon’s Purgatory" is a work portraying the human side of Napoleon as revealed by those who shared his exile on the island of St. Helena. Through the diaries and journals of the Emperor’s servants, generals, and companions come the stories of Napoleon’s tender love for children, his captivating sense of humor, his eternal love for Josephine, and his agonizing death. Napoleon Bonaparte was sent by the British to the remote island of St. Helena where he could not escape. What followed were six excruciating years of loneliness and depression, mixed with frolicking play with the island’s children, a battle of wills with his British captor, an exploration of his lapsed Catholic faith, and the complex relationship with the members of his entourage. This time in exile was akin to time served in Purgatory for Napoleon. His humanity, suffering, joy in the laughter of children, and longing for Josephine are captured vividly in this work through the detailed use of primary sources written by those who were there. While many considered Napoleon Bonaparte the “Corsican Ogre” for the wars he waged across Europe, he was anything but during his exile on St. Helena.
Publisher: Vernon Press
ISBN: 1622739906
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
"Napoleon’s Purgatory" is a work portraying the human side of Napoleon as revealed by those who shared his exile on the island of St. Helena. Through the diaries and journals of the Emperor’s servants, generals, and companions come the stories of Napoleon’s tender love for children, his captivating sense of humor, his eternal love for Josephine, and his agonizing death. Napoleon Bonaparte was sent by the British to the remote island of St. Helena where he could not escape. What followed were six excruciating years of loneliness and depression, mixed with frolicking play with the island’s children, a battle of wills with his British captor, an exploration of his lapsed Catholic faith, and the complex relationship with the members of his entourage. This time in exile was akin to time served in Purgatory for Napoleon. His humanity, suffering, joy in the laughter of children, and longing for Josephine are captured vividly in this work through the detailed use of primary sources written by those who were there. While many considered Napoleon Bonaparte the “Corsican Ogre” for the wars he waged across Europe, he was anything but during his exile on St. Helena.