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After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was sent into exile on St Helena, arriving in October 1815. For the six years until his death, he ...

After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was sent into exile on Saint Helena. He became an 'eagle in a cage', reduced from the mos ...

This is the fascinating tale of a fallen Emperor, who became the best friend of this thirteen-year-old English girl. It is the first modern edition of this ...

Young Elizabeth Balcombe, or Betsy to friends and family, found life on the remote island of St Helena intolerably dull. Most fourteen-year-olds would. Her ...

The story of Napoleon and Betsy Balcombe is an unusual and fascinating tale. A fallen Emperor who once controlled most of Europe makes friends with an impu ...

From the bestselling author of Schindler’s List and The Daughters of Mars, a new historical novel set on the remote island of Saint Helena about the rema ...

Based on the memoirs of the real-life Betsy, this title presents the diary of little Betsy Balcombe, telling of her friendship with a Very Important Prison ...

In the 1890s after a period of social unrest, a brave band of Australians sailed from Sydney to found a communal Utopia in South America. Under the charism ...

First published in 1844, these memoirs recount a child's friendship with the exiled Bonaparte on St Helena. ...

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Originally published in France in 1988, this lively biography takes the reader into the intrigues in France and early 19th-century Baltimore. ...

"Napoleon’s Purgatory" is a work portraying the human side of Napoleon as revealed by those who shared his exile on the island of St. Helena. Through the ...

"Tell the emperor that Madame Bonaparte is ambitious and demands her rights as a member of the imperial family." As a clever girl in stodgy, mercantile Bal ...

Raised in the slums, the now wealthy Charlotte Raven is unable to break ties with her childhood protector, a ruthless crime lord, and assists Lord Edward D ...

Traces the experiences of Napoleon's youngest brother's wife, whose romantic and passionate nature so infuriated the emperor that she was barred from Europ ...

Betsy's failed quest to win royal status for her son and grandsons consumed the remainder of her seventy-four years, decades that transformed her from the ...

"Napoleon's Young Neighbor" by Helen Leah Reed. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From wel ...

Unnatural Causes: The Death of Emperor Napoleon By: Russell Aiuto The great Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The European ...

The emperor asks a shoemaker to have his elves make a new pair of slippers in exchange for new clothing sewn by the queen. ...

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Explains his influence on the military, law, politics, and religion Get the real story of Napoleon Bonaparte Not sure what's true about Napoleon? This easy ...

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A woman gives birth to her child in a village in Northern England, the cold northern edge of the Roman Empire. As she struggles through a painful labour sh ...

Soft-Cover 32 pg. book contains these fairy tales: Surprise Pies; Snow White & Red Rose; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Three Bears; The Mixed Up Family; A ...

'In 1811, twelve young men were chosen among the families in the Emperor's personal service to serve as ushers in his apartments. My mother, attached to th ...

A gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba In the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defe ...

This critically acclaimed book has been thoroughly updated and reillustrated with all-new photographs. "An excellent book for introducing the kindergarten ...

The first exploration of the profound and often catastrophic impact the American Revolution had on the rest of the world While the American Revolution led ...

A middle-class tribesman from a proverbially remote province of the Empire, Cliopher Mdang has persisted against all odds to end up as unofficial head of t ...

After returning from another dimension, The X-Men learn that the Earth has been conquered by Doctor Doom. Original. ...

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A fascinating glimpse into the mind of Napoleon in exile - his opinions on love and war, his reflections on the most important events of his life - by one ...

In this retelling of a traditional Bengali trickster tale, the bear, tiger and jackal all want to eat the old woman, but she persuades them to eat her on h ...

Anthony Burgess draws on his love of music and history in this novel he called “elephantine fun” to write. A grand and affectionate tragicomic symphony ...

Napoleon Bonaparte and Juliette Récamier were both highly influential and well-known in France, yet they were often at odds with each other. Their story p ...

The Citadel It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He ...

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