Terrible exile : the last days of Napoleon on St Helena / Brian Unwin.
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نصالناشر:London : I. B. Tauris, [2010]تاريخ حقوق النشر: copyright 2010وصف:xxiv, 231 pages [16] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781848852877 (hbk)
- 1848852878 (hbk)
- DC211 U59 2010
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | DC211 U59 2010 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 30010000147405 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents; List of Illustrations; Map of St Helena; Plan of Londwood House in Napoleon's Time; Preface; Principal Characters on St Helena; Introduction: The Lion ot the Ass?; 1. From Waterloo to Rochefort; 2. The Journey From Rochefort to Plymouth; 3. The Voyage to St Helena; 4. Arrival at St Helena; 5. Longwood House; 6. The Arrival of Sir Hudson Lowe; 7. Captivity and Confrontation; 8. Napoleon's Continuing Problems; 9. Sir Hudson Lowe's Problems; 10. The Road to the End; 11. A Judgement; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Picture Credits; Index;
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 and master of Europe 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 legac
