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Napoleon Bonaparte : England's prisoner

Title
Napoleon Bonaparte : England's prisoner / Frank Giles.
Author
Giles, Frank.
Publication
New York : Carroll & Graf, ©2001.

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Description
xviii, 206 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
A study of Napoleon in captivity focuses on the last six years of the fallen emperor's life, from his arrival at Devon to his exile on St. Helena, by exploring contemporary documents and public records of opinion.
Subject
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 > Captivity
  • Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
  • 1815-1821
  • Emperors > France > Biography
  • Captivity
  • Emperors
  • Ballingschap
  • Saint Helena > History
  • France
  • Saint Helena
Genre/Form
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-195) and index.
Contents
' ... The Hospitality of the British People' -- A Helping Hand from Holland House -- St Helena: The Gaoler and The Gaoled -- Death and Burial -- Soul of Evil or Greatest Man? -- Re-burial and Reconciliation -- What Happened to Sir Hudson Lowe -- Hardy and Rosebery: Two Approaches to Napoleon -- Longwood and an unusual French assessment.
ISBN
  • 0786709065
  • 9780786709069
LCCN
2002511450
OCLC
  • ocm48413459
  • 48413459
  • SCSB-14633510
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library