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After I Met Napoleon: Conversations on Elba
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ISBN10: 1038366844
ISBN13: 9781038366849
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Oct 19 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781038366849
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Oct 19 2026
Pages: 294
Weight: 0.87
Height: 0.66 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When the greatest conqueror Europe had ever seen was banished to live out his days on a remote island, the British commissioner charged with supervising him-and who ultimately let him slip through his fingers-learned more about him than any foreigner ever had.
When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba, Colonel Neil Campbell spent several months in his company, dining, walking, and riding around the island. Napoleon loved to talk, and Campbell loved to write. Thus Campbell wrote prolifically about Napoleon's exploits as they were relayed to him, much as he had written of his own illustrious military career throughout his life.
After I Met Napoleon is a tale of the Napoleonic era from two very different points of view-Campbell's and Bonaparte's own-from the early days of the French Revolution through to Napoleon's death after having escaped Elba. Sandwiched between these perspectives, author James J Sebastian offers a wider picture of the geopolitical goings-on of the time: the contest for colonial power in the West Indies, the history of the slave trade, and the Enlightenment thinking that would change the machinations of power in Europe forever. Along the way, the key political and military moves of the Napoleonic era are detailed, from the siege of Toulon through to his downfall at Waterloo.
Neither a classical piece of historical fiction nor a straightforward textbook, After I Met Napoleon is a history book alive with imagination, animating perhaps the most influential leader the West has ever known.
When Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled to Elba, Colonel Neil Campbell spent several months in his company, dining, walking, and riding around the island. Napoleon loved to talk, and Campbell loved to write. Thus Campbell wrote prolifically about Napoleon's exploits as they were relayed to him, much as he had written of his own illustrious military career throughout his life.
After I Met Napoleon is a tale of the Napoleonic era from two very different points of view-Campbell's and Bonaparte's own-from the early days of the French Revolution through to Napoleon's death after having escaped Elba. Sandwiched between these perspectives, author James J Sebastian offers a wider picture of the geopolitical goings-on of the time: the contest for colonial power in the West Indies, the history of the slave trade, and the Enlightenment thinking that would change the machinations of power in Europe forever. Along the way, the key political and military moves of the Napoleonic era are detailed, from the siege of Toulon through to his downfall at Waterloo.
Neither a classical piece of historical fiction nor a straightforward textbook, After I Met Napoleon is a history book alive with imagination, animating perhaps the most influential leader the West has ever known.
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