Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.

Sunday, 27 July 2008

Ode to Despair: The St. Helena Independent

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A few weeks back the St. Helena Independent reproduced one of my blogs. It is time to repay the compliment with a review of its latest issu...
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Monday, 7 July 2008

The Road to St Helena Part II - The Emperor's Party Embarks for England

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Soon after Napoleon went on board the Bellerophon , the Superb arrived, carrying Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hotham. The Admiral came to ...
Saturday, 28 June 2008

Wintertons to Visit St. Helena

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Having just read the St. Helena Independent I note that a parliamentary delegation is due in St. Helena in August - assuming no further mish...
Thursday, 12 June 2008

The Road to St Helena, Part 1: Rochefort, the Isle of Aix and the Bellerophon

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I would judge that most visitors to St. Helena have little knowledge of the strange circumstances of Napoleon's surrender and transport...
Monday, 2 June 2008

Jamestown as you've never seen it before - courtesy the Observer

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I mentioned in my previous post that the Observer seems to have printed a mirror image of Jamestown -and here's the evidence. All the fa...
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