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Informationen zum Autor Robert Richardson qualified in medicine at Oxford University. He worked as editor for a medical publisher before becoming a freelance editor. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and a committee member of the West Sussex History of Medicine Society. His other books include Heart and Scalpel! Through the Ages with Dr Baldassare and! more recently! Napoleon's Ulcer. From the desk of the author! Dr Robert Richardson: Klappentext This detailed consideration of Napoleon's life on the island reads like a whodunit and contains plenty of intrigue and scandals concerning those around him and leads to the conclusion that the condition most apparent at the time of his death was a bleeding gastric ulcer. Zusammenfassung Investigative account of the cause of Napoleon's health decline and death. Includes details and facts taken directly from Napoleon's doctors' notes. Explores the mysteries and intrigue surrounding the emperor's demise.
