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Author : William Hodgson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10425686
Author : W. Hodson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1845
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:11265863
Author : Brian Unwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780857717337
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.
Author : William Hodgson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020063021
Author : Arianne Chernock
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780804772938
Men and the Making of Modern British Feminism calls fresh attention to the forgotten but foundational contributions of men to the creation of modern British feminism. Focusing on the revolutionary 1790s, the book introduces several dozen male reformers who insisted that women's emancipation would be key to the establishment of a truly just and rational society. These men proposed educational reforms, assisted women writers into print, and used their training in religion, medicine, history, and the law to challenge common assumptions about women's legal and political entitlements. This book uses men's engagement with women's rights as a platform to reconsider understandings of gender in eighteenth-century Britain, the meaning and legacy of feminism, and feminism's relationship more generally to traditions of radical reform and enlightenment.
Author : Maggs Bros
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN : UCAL:$B706598
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1654 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Catalogs, Booksellers'
ISBN : UOM:39015066593537
Author : Maggs Bros
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1908
Category : Antiquarian booksellers
ISBN : HARVARD:HNMRLK
Author : C.F. Libbie & Co
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1907-10
Category : Booksellers' catalogs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027887079
Author : Margaret Rodenberg
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647420178
“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.
Author : Avero Publications Limited
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Early printed books
ISBN : 0907977367
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1815
Category : France
ISBN : OCLC:6027767
Author : Louis Constant Wairy
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1453862668
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Napoleon was born in Corsica to parents of minor noble Italian ancestry and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. Bonaparte rose to prominence under the French First Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul; five years later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. In the first decade of the 19th century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflicts—the Napoleonic Wars—involving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states. The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armée was badly damaged in the campaign and never fully recovered. In 1813, the Sixth Coalition defeated his forces at Leipzig; the following year the Coalition invaded France, forced Napoleon to abdicate and exiled him to the island of Elba. Less than a year later, he escaped Elba and returned to power, but was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815. Napoleon spent the last six years of his life in confinement by the British on the island of Saint Helena. An autopsy concluded he died of stomach cancer, though Sten Forshufvud and other scientists have since conjectured he was poisoned with arsenic. Napoleon's campaigns are studied at military academies throughout much of the world. While considered a tyrant by his opponents, he is also remembered for the establishment of the Napoleonic code, which laid the administrative and judicial foundations for much of Western Europe.
Author : François Antonmarchi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1826
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010381866
Author : Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné comte de Las Cases
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1835
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022800812
