Elizabeth Balcombe Abell

Recollections of the Emperor Napoleon

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Produktbeschreibung

First published in 1844, these memoirs recount a child's friendship with the exiled Bonaparte on St Helena.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9781108035408
• ISBN-10: 110803540X
• Artikelnr.: 33876608

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. A slight description of the island
2. Alarm from Ladder Hill
3. View of the cavalcade going and returning from Longwood the day after Napoleon's landing at St. Helena
4. Napoleon's habits during his stay at the Briars
5. Napoleon's condescension in entering into and promoting the amusements of children
6. The Emperor's favourite retreat in the Briars' garden
7. The Sévres china
8. Our first dinner with the Emperor
9. The rage of the Emperor on being told he was to leave the Briars for Longwood
10. Our first visit to Napoleon at Longwood
11. Deadwood races
12. Ball at Deadwood
13. Anecdote of Lieut. C.
14. Anecdote of the Hon. G. C.
15. The legend of Friar's Valley
16. Arrival of 'the Conqueror'
17. Sir George Cockburn's Newfoundland dog
18. Napoleon's talent for mimicry
19. My questions to the Emperor respecting the atrocities imputed to him at Jaffa
20. Our farewell visit to the Emperor
21. Concluding chapter.