The Emperor’s Last Island

by Julia Blackburn
The Emperor’s Last Island

Published

February 2007

Publishers

Germany
Unionsverlag
The Emperor's Last Island is a book about St Helena, an island with a sad, strange history, and about the tangle of stories and myths, absurdities and simple facts that have accumulated around Napoleon and his sojourn here. It is also a personal account: a description of Julia Blackburn's journey to St Helena and at the same time a journey through the private memories and associations evoked by the telling of this poignant and curious story.

Pure enchantment, stranger than fiction.

Cosmopolitan

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The Book of Colour. A Family Memoir The Book of Colour. A Family Memoir
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