The Emperor's Last Island

Informationen zum Autor Julia Blackburn has written ten books of non-fiction, the most recent of which, Time Song , was shortlisted for the 2019 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize. Her family memoir The Three of Us won the 2009 J.R. Ackerley Award, and her two novels, The Book of Colour and The Leper’s Companions , were both shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in Suffolk and Italy. Klappentext The Emperor's Last Stand is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history, and about the tangle of stories and myths, absurdities and simple facts that have accumulated around Napoleon and his sojourn here. It follows him through the eyes of those who lived with him, who guarded him, who managed only to catch a brief glimpse of him, alive or dead. It is also a personal account: a description of Julia Blackburn's own journey to St Helena and at the same time a journey through the private memories and associations evoked by the telling of this poignant and curious story. Zusammenfassung The Emperor's Last Stand is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history, and about the tangle of stories and myths, absurdities and simple facts that have accumulated around Napoleon and his sojourn here.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Blackburn
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.09.1997
• EAN: 9780099752110
• ISBN: 978-0-09-975211-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Hotel and restaurant guides; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, HISTORY / Modern / 18th Century, c 1810 to c 1819, Saint Helena, St Helena