Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Monday, 17 March 2014
Napoleon as "careful pragmatist"
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I read quite a lot of biography, but generally find biographies of Napoleon uninteresting: there are too many of them, they tend to be ...
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Thursday, 30 January 2014
Auction of Napoleonic Decorative Arts
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French Porcelain Bust of Napoleon Chicago Auctioneers Leslie Hindman have announced the auction of an unusual and fascinating colle...
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Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Maldivia Rock Fall
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Bert Constantine surveying massive rock that has fallen into his banana plantation I have written much on this blog about Maldivia , ...
Friday, 3 January 2014
The Masons of St Helena: The Visit of Captain Cook
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Journal of Captain Cook, May 1775 Following my recent post on Polly Mason , my friend John Grimshaw has pointed out that the Masons of ...
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Tuesday, 10 December 2013
In Search of "Polly" Mason
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1815 Map showing location of Mason family properties around Fishers Valley Miss "Polly" Mason was well known to the occup...
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