Description
In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helena for a surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. "A resonant meditation on exile, fame, the stories we tell about ourselves (and) the bigger stories we tell about our great figures." --Los Angeles Times Book Review
Author: Julia Blackburn
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/31/1993
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780679739371
ISBN10: 0679739378
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | France
Author: Julia Blackburn
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/31/1993
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780679739371
ISBN10: 0679739378
BISAC Categories:
- History | Europe | France
About the Author
Julia Blackburn is the author of three books of nonfiction, Charles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island, and Daisy Bates in the Desert, and of two novels, The Book of Color and The Leper's Companions, both of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in England.