The Black Room at Longwood Napoleon's Exile on Saint Helena
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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 He became increasingly withdrawn, surviving on a diet of memories that he recounted to the few people around him.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
Book information
ISBN: | 9781568581712 |
Publisher: | Da Capo Books |
Imprint: | Da Capo Press |
Pub date: | 07 Sep 2000 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 320 |
Weight: | 385g |
Height: | 209mm |
Width: | 139mm |
Spine width: | 19mm |