Emperor's Last Island

Informationen zum Autor Julia Blackburn is the author of three books of nonfiction, Charles Waterton, The Emperor’s Last Island , and Daisy Bates in the Desert , and of two novels, The Book of Color and The Leper’s Companions , both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in England. Klappentext 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." -Los Angeles Times Book Review Zusammenfassung In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helena for a surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. • "Dazzling... a compelling meditation on Napoleon's exile...Blackburn has brought her startlingly imaginative sensitivity to bear on a vanished time."— The New York Times Book Review “A resonant meditation on exile, fame, the stories we tell about ourselves (and) the bigger stories we tell about our great figures.” — Los Angeles Times Book Review

Product details

• Authors: Julia Blackburn
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.03.1993
• EAN: 9780679739371
• ISBN: 978-0-679-73937-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Vintage Departures; Vintage Departures
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic