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

Title: Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena
Author: Julia Blackburn
ISBN: 9780679739371
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 1993
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Thus
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Travelogues: 1691583
Section: History | Europe | France
Publisher Description: 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