Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

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

Friday, 14 June 2019

Prince of Wales at Napoleon's Tomb, 1925

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Visit of Prince of Wales to Napoleon's Tomb, 1925 (1) Over the years there have been only a handful of Royal visits to St Helena....
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Thursday, 13 June 2019

Rev Boys and Illegitimacy on St Helena

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Rev. Boys," l'homme que même Hudson Lowe craignait " (1) Rev. Richard Boys MA (1785–1867) was appointed Junior Chaplin...
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Friday, 5 April 2019

Longwood House Restoration 1950-1955

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Royal Visit to Longwood House, 1947 The visit by the Royal family in April 1947 probably proved crucial in safeguarding the future ...
Sunday, 13 January 2019

À la recherche du temps perdu

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A school exercise book temporarily reprieved from the tip I had always assumed that I had never studied Napoleon nor been the slighte...
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Monday, 5 November 2018

THE REAL NAPOLEON - John Tarttelin

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Jean-Léon Gérôme, Napoleon in Egypt (1868) John Tarttelin is a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society, and a recipient of the...
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