The Emperor's Shadow: Bonaparte, Betsy and the Balcombes of St Helena by Anne Whitehead, Anne Whitehead

The Emperor's Shadow: Bonaparte, Betsy and the Balcombes of St Helena

Anne Whitehead, Anne Whitehead

464 pages missing pub info (editions)

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced
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After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was sent into exile on St Helena, arriving in October 1815. For the six years until his death, he was an 'eagle in a cage', reduced from the most powerful figure in Europe to a prisoner on ...

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