The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena
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ISBN: 0679739378 / Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, March 1993
An account of Napoleon's six years on the island of St. Helena describes the island's strange history and recounts the stories, myths, and absurdities
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In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helena for a surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. “A resonant meditation on exile, fame, the stories we tell about ourselves (and) the bigger stories we tell about our great figures.” —<i>Los Angeles Times Book Review</i>
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