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Tango01 | 05 Sep 2015 9:52 p.m. PST |
… The Emperor 1815 to 1821. "About 15 years ago tourism to St Helena was going through a spate of popularity. Despite an average of only 1,500 visitors a year several travel books resulted in some of the trips. They are mostly similar in theme. A person, whose interest in Napoleon is a principle motive, (which indeed probably accounts for the majority of St Helena tourism) travels to St Helena and discovers the uniqueness of the place, finds that there is more to the Emperor than they had ever imagined and are torn between sadness for his fate and the beauty they themselves find there. My favourite is Kauffman's "The dark room at Longwood", probably because of its originality and because he is French, but it requires a foreknowledge of history and indeed St Helena to be appreciated. Therefore was I ever to head out to this immortal lump of rock I would in addition to it take two companion volumes. One is "Napoleon's Briton's" which is a straight history rather than a historical travelogue and the other is "The Countess, Napoleon and St Helena" by Lally Brown. In this book the author has crafted a dual narrative that acts as a mirror to itself, in which we read of Countess "Fanny" Bertrand's trials and tribulations while attending on Napoleon's "Court" at Longwood House, and then we are given a parallel view to Brown's own time living in the house built for Fanny and her husband on the island…" Full review here link
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