The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena - Paperback
$11.99
$16.00
-25%Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Offers & Perks
Earn 11 points with this purchase
Added to your rewards balance after checkout.
100 points welcome bonus
Create an account and start with extra points.
Availability:In StockContributor:Julia BlackburnSeries:Vintage DeparturesPublish date:1993-03-31Pages:288
Languages: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:0.85Product 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
Languages: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:0.85Product 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
Contributor(s)
Author
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Eligible items may be returned within 30 days of delivery. Conditions apply.