Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Thursday, 13 December 2012
"
No man of sense ought to be ashamed of being called a shopkeeper
" - Napoleon
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Ronnie Barker as Albert Arkwright I have recently been re-reading Inside Longwood , and came across an interesting letter in which Ba...
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Sunday, 2 December 2012
Napoleon Week on the BBC
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In commemoration of the retreat from Moscow in 1812, an event of far more significance than Waterloo, Radio 3 is currently scheduli...
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Friday, 23 November 2012
William Hazlitt: "
I would like to live to see the downfall of the Bourbons
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William Hazlitt (1778-1830) essayist, romantic and political radical Hazlitt is little read nowadays, but there has in the pas...
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Sunday, 18 November 2012
Press Freedom on St Helena
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Julian Cairns-Wicks, former Councillor, regular contributor to St Helena Independent I have from time to time covered the tribulation...
Monday, 29 October 2012
St Helena One Man's Island: "He had little time for Napoleon"
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Front Cover of Ian Baker's, "St Helena: One Man's Island" (1) I have recently been reading Ian Baker's interest...
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