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

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

by Julia Blackburn
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Availability:In StockContributor:Julia BlackburnSeries:Vintage Departures #0000Publish date:1993-03-31Pages:288
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679739371ISBN-10:679739378UPC:9780679739371Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Europe, Military, HistoricalBook Topic:FranceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC6H45D2AP
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
Language:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780679739371ISBN-10:679739378UPC:9780679739371Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Europe, Military, HistoricalBook Topic:FranceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC6H45D2AP
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.
Publisher: Vintage

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