The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St Helena by Julia Blackburn

The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St Helena

Julia Blackburn

243 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
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In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helenad 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."-...

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