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No Man Is An Island
An interesting, short book on the remote island of St. Helena and its most famous resident. A good purchase for that next cross-country flight. Not a believer in the overblown legend of the alleged mistreatment of Napoleon by the British, Johannes Willms, a German, weaves a good story about St. Helena, both past and present. (It is an island really not suited...
Published on December 14, 2008 by Christian Schlect
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Napoleon and St. Helena
Had hoped to learn more about his activities on the Island. Seemed sparse; probably because there was very little information available. Not so on the book written about his time on Elba.
Published 13 months ago by Philip
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This review is from: Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile (Armchair Traveller) (Hardcover)
Had hoped to learn more about his activities on the Island. Seemed sparse; probably because there was very little information available. Not so on the book written about his time on Elba.
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No Man Is An Island,
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This review is from: Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile (Armchair Traveller) (Hardcover)
An interesting, short book on the remote island of St. Helena and its most famous resident. A good purchase for that next cross-country flight.
Not a believer in the overblown legend of the alleged mistreatment of Napoleon by the British, Johannes Willms, a German, weaves a good story about St. Helena, both past and present. (It is an island really not suited for human settlement.) His material on the politics surrounding the return of Napoleon's body to France and of later ineffectual efforts to preserve the site of Longwood (the residence of Napoleon while on the island of exile) is quite good. I recommend that the interested reader on this subject obtain the excellently written book by Jean-Paul Kauffmann "The Black Room At Longwood" published in 1997 for thoughts on this same basic topic from a different perspective. At the end, one is amazed at the time and expense taken to imprison, and then bury, one physically small man. |
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Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile (Armchair Traveller) by Johannes Willms (Hardcover - September 1, 2008)
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