"A fascinating romp through Napoleonic history."?The New York Times Book Review
Isolated in the vastness of the South Atlantic, St. Helena was for centuries important only as a victualling station for ships of the British East India Company. It was on such a journey that Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington and Napoleon's nemesis on the battlefields of Europe, took note of the island's remote impregnability. Napoleon's later exile transformed this speck on the maritime map into one of the world's most famous islands. Johannes Willms visits this strange colonial survivor and unearths both a past and present that disturbs and delights with observations far beyond the ghost of Bonaparte.
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. reprint edition. 112 pages. 7.75x5.00x0.50 inches. In Stock. Codice articolo __1906598878
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 11620023-n
Descrizione libro Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. The island of St Helena, in the South Atlantic, is one of the most remote and most famous islands in the world. The island is a colonial survivor, almost without an economy of its own. This book offers an account of a visit to 'the last place on earth' and how the remote people and place respond to their legacy and isolation in a global world. Codice articolo B9781906598877
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 11620023-n
Descrizione libro Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This fascinating travelogue of the little known, though infamous island was praised by the NYBR on hardback publication. Codice articolo 9781906598877
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Über den AutorJohannes Willms is a historian and journalist. He is a correspondent for the German national daily Suddeutsche ZeitungKlappentextrnrnThis fascinating travelogue of the little known, though infamous . Codice articolo 905746925