Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

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

Thursday, 27 May 2010

Napoleonic Memorabilia discovered in New Zealand

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And so to my second recent email. This one from Hamish Coney, Managing Director of Art and Object Ltd. , New Zealand. Hamish is currently ...
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Tuesday, 25 May 2010

New Book on Napoleon's Captivity and Death : L'Autre St Hélène

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As I have written before, emails from total strangers are one of the most pleasing things about blogging. So far I have been spared any re...
Friday, 12 March 2010

Two Bonaparte Princes and the Actress: Whatever Happened on the Train to Manchester?

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It is August 1847. The celebrated French tragédienne Rachel ( Elisabeth Rachel Félix,1821-1858) has just finished four highly acclaimed ...
Thursday, 11 March 2010

Taking Guard for my Second Century: Retrospective Mood

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War. The Exile and the Rock Limpet - J.M.W. Turner. (1) Exhibited in 1842 - painted in the aftermath of the return of Napoleon's bo...
Thursday, 4 March 2010

100th Post: A Gripping Blog?

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"A Gripping Blog" by Laurence Brown. An important milestone perhaps. Certainly one I did not expect to reach when I started out ...
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