Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Dr Archibald Arnott, Kirkconnel Hall and
Salix Babylonica
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Kirkconnel Hall, family home of the Arnott family (1838 and 1870) On a recent visit to Scotland I decided to pull off the A74 and h...
Monday, 13 October 2014
"The pocket-sized Emperor" - letter to the Observer
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letter to The Observer October 12th 2014 I cannot remember when I last wrote to newspaper, but a review of Andrew Roberts' recent ...
Monday, 8 September 2014
"Napoleon the Great" - new book by Andrew Roberts
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"Napoleon the Great" - by Andrew Roberts Biographies of Napoleon come thick and fast, and doubtless more will follow as we n...
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Wednesday, 6 August 2014
Byron, Churchill, Harrow & Napoleon
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The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries, Jacques-Louis David, 1812 Wellington, himself an old Etonian, is often misquoted as...
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Tuesday, 22 July 2014
The Guns of St Helena
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"Long Tom" being transported to Mundens 1903 (Not Ladder Hill - see postscript) Some time ago I wrote a blog about the Fr...
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