Reflections on A Journey to St Helena
Reflections on St Helena, Napoleon's exile, and English attitudes towards Napoleon.
Saturday, 31 October 2015
Flight No OR1502, Gatwick to St Helena: The Impossible Dream?
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On Moday 2nd November at mid-day it will be possible to buy tickets for the first ever flight from Gatwick to St. Helena. The fares are...
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
A Gift to the Emperor Napoleon by a British Admirer
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Bust of Charles James Fox presented to Napoleon at the Elysee Palace on May 1st 1815 I have previously blogged about the Honorable Ann...
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Monday, 12 October 2015
Went the Day Well? Witnessing Waterloo
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Waterloo has long been a cornerstone of English/British nationalist mythology.(1) The dust had hardly settled on the field of battle a...
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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