Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

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

Monday, 31 August 2015

Napoleon - buried in a Suffolk Churchyard

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Not many people can say that their parents are buried close to Napoleon! I first saw this grave at my mother's funeral in the sam...
Monday, 10 August 2015

Black Rock by Louise Hoole

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The latest historical novel on Napoleon, by Louise Hoole The daughter of a former Governor of St. Helena, Louise Hoole spent a numbe...
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Wednesday, 29 July 2015

Plymouth Remembers Napoleon's 1815 Visit

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"Napoleon on HMS Bellerophon in Plymouth Sound" by Jules Girardet (1) "It was known that he always appeared on deck t...
Friday, 17 July 2015

not only one, but two or three Buonapartes

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Richard Whately(1787-1863),Professor of Political Economy at Oxford and Archbishop of Dublin Napoleon's career divided contempora...
Friday, 26 June 2015

Guest Blog: Visit to the Isle d'Aix by Margaret Dyson

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Napoleon 1st Clock in Napoleon Museum, l'île d'Aix Napoleon Who? Margaret Dyson reports on a visit to the Isle D’Aix where N...
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