num_pages: 277
description: In 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helena for a surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. • "Dazzling... a compelling meditation on Napoleon's exile...Blackburn has brought her startlingly imaginative sensitivity to bear on a vanished time."— The New York Times Book Review“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
language: English
title: The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena
titlecomplete: The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena
genres: Biography, France, History, European History, Nonfiction, Travel, Biography Memoir
ratings_count: 135
publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group