The Invisible Emperor

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Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735222622
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Book Synopsis The Invisible Emperor by : Mark Braude

Download or read book The Invisible Emperor written by Mark Braude and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba In the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly found himself exiled to Elba, less than a hundred square miles of territory. This would have been the end of him, if Europe's rulers had had their way. But soon enough Napoleon imposed his preternatural charisma and historic ambition on both his captors and the very island itself, plotting his return to France and to power. After ten months of exile, he escaped Elba with just of over a thousand supporters in tow, marched to Paris, and retook the Tuileries Palace--all without firing a shot. Not long after, tens of thousands of people would die fighting for and against him at Waterloo. Braude dramatizes this strange exile and improbable escape in granular detail and with novelistic relish, offering sharp new insights into a largely overlooked moment. He details a terrific cast of secondary characters, including Napoleon's tragically-noble official British minder on Elba, Neil Campbell, forever disgraced for having let "Boney" slip away; and his young second wife, Marie Louise who was twenty-two to Napoleon's forty-four, at the time of his abdication. What emerges is a surprising new perspective on one of history's most consequential figures, which both subverts and celebrates his legendary persona.

Napoleon in Exile, Or, A Voice from St. Helena

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Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Napoleon in Exile, Or, A Voice from St. Helena by : Barry Edward O'Meara

Download or read book Napoleon in Exile, Or, A Voice from St. Helena written by Barry Edward O'Meara and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Black Room at Longwood

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Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9781568581286
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (812 download)

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Book Synopsis The Black Room at Longwood by : Jean-Paul Kauffmann

Download or read book The Black Room at Longwood written by Jean-Paul Kauffmann and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1999-05-31 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like his subject, Napoleon, author Jean-Paul Kauffmann has experienced captivity, as a three-year hostage in Beirut. He brings his insider's knowledge to this moving account of the most famous French soldier's last years in seclusion on a tropical island. After his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon was exiled and imprisoned by the British on the island of St. Helena. He became increasingly withdrawn, surviving on a diet of memories that he recounted to the few people around him. But the book -- part history, part travelogue -- portrays the leader as a prisoner also of his mind, poisoned by nostalgia for his triumphs and grief over his defeats. "A haunting, unforgettable book....Kauffmann captures the desolate atmosphere of Napoleon's last home with evocative precision." -- Boston Globe

Napoleon's Exile

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Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802198058
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Book Synopsis Napoleon's Exile by : Patrick Rambaud

Download or read book Napoleon's Exile written by Patrick Rambaud and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “colorful” novel about the fall of one of history’s most notorious figures—and the defeat that would come to define him (Publishers Weekly). It is 1814, and Napoleon Bonaparte retreats to Paris following the debacle of his Russian invasion. Once there, the leader is met with more resistance—a plot to restore a royal to the throne of France succeeds and a humiliated Napoleon is forced to abdicate and go into exile. Octave Senecal, Napoleon’s loyal aide and savior, tells the tale of their journey south through the angry, mob-filled countryside to Elba, a tiny island off the coast of Tuscany. Horribly bored by this turn of events, Napoleon passes the time gambling with his mother, spearing the occasional tuna with local fishermen, and fretting constantly that secret agents and murderers surround him. He also secretly plans his escape and return to glory. With captivating historical detail and “the allure of an epic,” this novel by the award-winning author of The Battle brings to life the complex man behind the renowned general, and offers a fitting send-off to a legend (Anita Brookner).

Napoleon’s Purgatory

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Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1622739906
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (227 download)

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Book Synopsis Napoleon’s Purgatory by : Thomas M. Barden

Download or read book Napoleon’s Purgatory written by Thomas M. Barden and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Napoleon on Elba

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Publisher : Ravenhall Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Napoleon on Elba by : Neil Campbell

Download or read book Napoleon on Elba written by Neil Campbell and published by Ravenhall Books. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte, onetime emperor of France and master of Europe, was exiled to the island of Elba. Colonel Neil Campbell was instructed to accompany the fallen monarch. Part guardian, part spy, Campbell monitored Napoleon and kept an observant watch on the comings and goings of his confidents and much reduced household staff. He eavesdropped on the island's gossip, conversed almost daily with Napoleon, attempted to gain his trust and sought to gauge his intentions. For a year, Campbell kept an intimate diary of events on the tiny island. It paints character studies of all the key personalities and wades into island gossip with relish. It records events as Napoleon builds an empire in miniature on Elba and it keeps an eye on the coming and going of agents and would-be assassins. Frank and enlightening it also reveals much about the personality of Napoleon and of the tensions and subterfuge within the exiled community as Napoleon devises and implements his plans for an escape. The vivid diary is now published in a new accessible edition and it is essential reading for anyone with an interest in this era when the fate of empires hung in the balance.

Napoleon's Exile

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Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802143068
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (43 download)

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Book Synopsis Napoleon's Exile by : Patrick Rambaud

Download or read book Napoleon's Exile written by Patrick Rambaud and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stunning finale to the award-winning Napoleonic trilogy presents the legendary figure as you have never before seen him — exiled and humiliated and vividly real. Patrick Rambaud closes his epic trilogy, which began with The Battle, winner of the Prix Goncourt and the Grand Prix Roman de l’Academie Francaise, and The Retreat. In 1814 Napoleon is racing back to Paris from the debacle of his Russian invasion. A plot afoot in the capital — to return a royal to the throne — succeeds, and Napoleon’s marshals force him to abdicate and go into exile. Octave Senecal, Napoleon’s loyal aide and savior, tells the tale of their journey south through the angry, mob-filled countryside to Elba, a tiny island off the coast of Tuscany. Here Patrick Rambaud brings to life not the Napoleon of the history books, but Napoleon the man — a man horribly bored by exile, gambling with his mother to pass the time, spearing the occasional tuna with local fishermen, and fretting constantly that secret agents and murderers surround him. He is soon planning his escape, while in France his former soldiers spend their evenings drinking to the return of “l’absent.” They won’t have long to wait.

Napoleon's Last Island

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Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473625343
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (736 download)

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Book Synopsis Napoleon's Last Island by : Thomas Keneally

Download or read book Napoleon's Last Island written by Thomas Keneally and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2016-05-19 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the island of St Helena in the south Atlantic ocean, Napoleon spends his last years in exile. It is a hotbed of gossip and secret liaisons, where a blind eye is turned to relations between colonials and slaves. The disgraced emperor is subjected to vicious and petty treatment by his captors, but he forges an unexpected ally: a rebellious British girl, Betsy, who lives on the island with her family and becomes his unlikely friend. Based on fact, Napoleon's Last Island is the surprising story of one of history's most enigmatic figures and a British family who dared to associate with him. It is a tale of vengeance, duplicity and loyalty, and of a man whose charisma made him dangerous to the end.

The Last Days of Napoleon

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Book Synopsis The Last Days of Napoleon by : Francesco Antommarchi

Download or read book The Last Days of Napoleon written by Francesco Antommarchi and published by . This book was released on 1826 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last Days of Napoleon

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 436 pages
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Book Synopsis The Last Days of Napoleon by : François Antonmarchi

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Terrible Exile

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0857717332
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)

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Book Synopsis Terrible Exile by : Brian Unwin

Download or read book Terrible Exile written by Brian Unwin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The last days of Napoleon

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Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5874547398
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (745 download)

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Book Synopsis The last days of Napoleon by : F. Antommarchi

Download or read book The last days of Napoleon written by F. Antommarchi and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1826 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of Emperor Napoleon

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of Emperor Napoleon by : Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases

Download or read book Memoirs of the Life, Exile, and Conversations of Emperor Napoleon written by Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile with the Emperor 1815 to 1821

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Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781521093221
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (932 download)

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Book Synopsis The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile with the Emperor 1815 to 1821 by : Lally Brown

Download or read book The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile with the Emperor 1815 to 1821 written by Lally Brown and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2017-04-20 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I congratulate you on your research efforts and dedicated work' Ben Weider, founder of the International Napoleonic Society When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to the remote island of St. Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 he took with him twenty-four people, including his doctor, servants and four of his Generals. One of the Generals, Count Henri-Gatien Bertrand, was Napoleon's Grand Marshal of the Palace. Count Bertrand was accompanied by his wife Countess François-Elisabeth (Fanny)Bertrand and their three children. Tall,elegant and aristocratic the Countess was a feisty and beautiful young woman who had shone in French Society. She hated the island of St. Helena 'the Devil shit this place as he flew from one continent to the other' she said on her arrival. But loyal to her husband she stayed by his side until Napoleon's death on 5th May 1821 and was at the ex-Emperor's bedside when he died. I chose the genre of a diary to tell Fanny's story of those five and a half years in an attempt to bring history alive. Every detail has been carefully researched from primary source, unpublished manuscripts in the British Library and from Count Bertrand's own diary written at the time. It is an accurate, factual, detailed and fascinating account of the reality of life at Longwood between 1815 and 1821. Read Napoleon's views on the Battle of Waterloo 'I still cannot conceive how the Battle was lost.'His opinions on religion and on his wives; about plans to escape from St. Helena and the truth regarding Napoleon's health. Learn of Napoleon's irrational reaction when Fanny refuses to become his Mistress, and what actually happened at that last fateful meeting between Napoleon and the Governor Sir Hudson Lowe. Finally, read the moving account of Napoleon's death as Fanny and her children sit at his bedside, the harrowing details of Napoleon's autopsy, and Napoleon's extraordinary funeral. As a modern contrast, scattered through Fanny's 'diary' are occasional chapters about my own life on St. Helena living in Bertrand's Cottage at Longwood. They reveal the very special nature of St. Helena and the wonderful warmth of the Saints who live there.

Finding Napoleon

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Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 1647420172
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (474 download)

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Book Synopsis Finding Napoleon by : Margaret Rodenberg

Download or read book Finding Napoleon written by Margaret Rodenberg and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rodenberg inventively uses Bonaparte’s own unfinished novel to tell the story of the despot’s rise to power, which she juxtaposes against the story of his last love affair. Told creatively and with excellent research!” —Stephanie Dray, New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of America's First Daughter and The Women of Chateau Lafayette “Beautiful and poignant.” —Allison Pataki, New York Times best-selling author of The Queen’s Fortune With its delightful adaptation of Napoleon Bonaparte’s real attempt to write romantic fiction, Finding Napoleon: A Novel offers a fresh take on Europe’s most powerful man after he’s lost everything—except his last love. A forgotten woman of history—the audacious Countess Albine—helps narrate their tale of intrigue, desire, and betrayal. After the defeated Emperor Napoleon goes into exile on tiny St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic, he and his lover, Albine de Montholon, plot to escape and rescue his young son. Banding together enslaved Africans, British sympathizers, a Jewish merchant, a Corsican rogue, and French followers, they confront British opposition—as well as treachery within their own ranks—with sometimes subtle, sometimes bold, but always desperate action. Amid his passions and intrigues, Napoleon finishes his real novel Clisson that he started writing as a young man. Now it's a father's message to the young son whom his enemies took from him, but how can they get it to the boy? When Napoleon and Albine break faith with one another, ambition and Albine’s husband threaten their reconciliation. To succeed, Napoleon must learn whom to trust. To survive, Albine must decide whom to betray. This elegant, richly researched novel reveals the Napoleon history conceals and the Countess Albine history has forgotten.

NAPOLEON IN EXILE

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NAPOLEON IN EXILE written by Barry Edward O'Meara and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Napoleon in Exile, Or, A Voice from St. Helena

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Napoleon in Exile, Or, A Voice from St. Helena written by Barry Edward O'Meara and published by . This book was released on 1822 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: