Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Friday, 25 February 2011
Gorrequer's Diary
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Major Gideon Gorrequer (1781-1841), aide-de-camp and acting military secretary to Hudson Lowe on St Helena. Gorrequer met Lowe whilst servi...
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Monday, 14 February 2011
Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice
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Among the half dozen books I recenty read on holiday was Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice: The Emperor and His Doctors on St Helena by Dr M...
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Friday, 21 January 2011
How far is St. Helena ..
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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936). - English poet, short-story writer, novelist and British imperialist, - he was born in Bombay, and was broug...
Sunday, 16 January 2011
Napoleon Kake
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As an Englishman I was surprised to find that a number of nations, including Russia, eat what are described as Napoleon cakes. Normally the ...
Friday, 14 January 2011
Myth of The Two St Helena's
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My previous blog raised the issue of the myth of the two St Helena's. There seems to be two schools of thought - 1) that the depiction ...
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