As Napoleon explained to Dr. Barry O’Meara, the Irish doctor who looked after him during his final years in exile on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena (1815-1821): “Had I known in 1806 ...
The rest of the committee is made up mostly of historians specializing in Napoleon’s life, with some having St Helena experience such as the aforementioned Michael Binyon, and finally the ...
Napoleon’s impact on the world cannot be understated. He upset the entire balance of power in the world and conquered most of ...
KAUFFMANN: No one escapes from St. Helena. This far-away island, this isolated piece of rock, beaten by the winds, sinister. When Napoleon sees this fortress for the first time, he understands ...
This time, they would take no chances; they exiled Napoleon to the remote island of St. Helena, thousands of miles from France. He would never hold power again.
The range of the book is indeed enormous, covering as it does Napoleon's early life in Corsica, the tremendous activity of his years of power, and the six years of solitude in St. Helena ...
This little work, composed when the former Emperor was in exile on St. Helena, and Englished by retired engineer and British military officer Maguire, offers some interesting criticism of Caesar’s ...