Download or read book Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St Helena written by J. David Markham and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2006-03-19 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source. Verling was based on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even appointed as Napoleon's official physician. Throughout his stay, this young doctor kept a vivid diary of his experiences. Through Verling's eyes we get a fresh view of daily life on the island and of the suspicion-filled society that grew up around Napoleon during his last years.

Download or read book Napoleon s Poisoned Chalice written by Dr Martin Howard and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. During his brief stay, he crossed paths with six medical men, all of whom would be changed by the encounter, whether by court martial, the shame of misdiagnosis, or resulting celebrity. What would seem to be a straightforward post became entangled with politics, as Governor Hudson Lowe became paranoid as to the motivations of each doctor and brought their every move into question. In Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice, Martin Howard addresses the political pitfalls navigated with varying success by the men who were assigned to care for the most famous man in Europe. The hostility that sprang up between individuals thrown together in isolation, the impossible situations the doctors found themselves in and the fear of censure when Napoleon finally began to die.

Download or read book Napoleon in Exile St Helena 1815 1821 written by Norwood Young and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book With Napoleon at St Helena Being the Memoirs of Dr John Stokoe Naval Surgeon written by Paul Frémeaux and published by London and New York, J. Lane. This book was released on 1902 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Napoleon at St Helena written by John Stevens Cabot Abbott and published by New York, Harper & brothers. This book was released on 1855 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Facts Illustrative of the Treatment of Napol on Buonaparte in Saint Helena written by Theodore Edward Hook and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Facts illustratve of the Treatment of Napol on Buonaparte in Saint Helena being the result of minute inquiries and personal research in that island written by and published by . This book was released on 1819 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Conversations with Napoleon at St Helena written by Henry Meynell and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Talks of Napoleon at St Helena with General Baron Gourgaud written by Gaspard Baron Gourgaud and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Terrible Exile written by Brian Unwin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Fêted and feared by millions of citizens, Napoleon was the most powerful and famous man of his age. But following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo the future of the one-time Emperor of France seemed irredeemably bleak. How did the brilliant tactician cope with being at the mercy of his captors? How did he react to a life in exile on St Helena – and how did the other inhabitants of that isolated and impregnable island respond to his presence there? And what tactics did he develop to preserve his legacy in such drastically reduced circumstances? Tracing events from the dramatic defeat at Waterloo to his death six years later, this is the first modern comprehensive account of the last phase of Napoleon's life. Drawing on many previously overlooked journals and letters, Brian Unwin has pieced together a remarkably vivid account of Napoleon's final years which also offers fresh insights into the character of this giant of European history. Through his initial flight from the battlefield and his journey into exile on St Helena, Napoleon refused to accept that he would not be allowed to return to somewhere in Europe or even America. He railed against every aspect of his imprisonment and conspired to make life as difficult as possible for his unfortunate jailer, Hudson Lowe, whose impossible situation is sympathetically described here. Confined with him in the damp and confined Longwood House, life was also uncomfortable for those loyal companions who chose to journey with him into exile. Unsurprisingly for such a man of action, Napoleon bitterly resented being under constant supervision when he ventured outside his house and suffered acutely from boredom as much as from his physical ailments. Contrary to the strict wishes of the English he refused to accept any diminution in his status: 'Je ne suis pas le Général Bonaparte, je suis L'Empereur Napoléon.' But gradually Napoleon came to think less about escape and more about how he would be remembered by future generations, spending hour after hour dictating the story of his campaigns to Count Las Cases, the companion who had travelled with him chiefly to act as his amanuensis. Terrible Exile brilliantly evokes the claustrophobic atmosphere of life on St Helena, offering a colourful and original history of the period as well as a persuasive psychological portrait of a great man in reduced circumstances. It will be essential reading for anyone with an interest in Napoleonic history and is an important addition to our understanding of the subject.

Download or read book History of the captivity of Napoleon at St Helena from the letters and journals of sir Hudson Lowe and official documents not before made public written by William Forsyth and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St Helena written by Forsyth and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book With Napoleon at St Helena written by Paul Frémeaux and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Napoleon on St Helena written by Dame Mabel Emmerton Brookes and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St Helena written by William Forsyth and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Napoleon s St Helena written by Gilbert Martineau and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of La Vie quotidienne áa Sainte-Hâeláene au temps de Napolâeon.

Download or read book St Helena During Napoleon s Exile Gorrequer s Diary written by Gideon Gorrequer and published by Heinemann Educational Books. This book was released on 1969 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: