Reflections on A Journey to St Helena

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

Thursday, 17 March 2022

Sir Hudson Lowe and Antonomasia - A Review

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Sir Hudson Lowe, Victime of St Helena by Michel Dancoisne-Martineau This book, one of a series of 12, is only available ...
Saturday, 15 January 2022

Queen Victoria and the Empress Eugénie

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Queen Victoria's portrait of Eugénie, May 1855 By the last decades of the nineteenth century the Bonaparte family had...
Saturday, 12 June 2021

Queen Victoria, Count Walewski and a Famous Painting

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Napoleon at Fontainebleau, 31 March 1814 Paul Delaroche There appear to be a number of versions of Delaroche's painti...
Friday, 21 May 2021

The Bicentenary: An Update

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Napoleon's Grave, St Helena, May 2021 After years of preparation, the disruption of the pandemic and the debate in France o...
Tuesday, 4 May 2021

May 5th: Thoughts on the Bicentenary of Napoleon's Death

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The Centenary of Napoleon's Death, St Helena 1921 Napoleon's Tomb, St Helena Despite the pandemic an impressive program...
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