Man Who had Been King
Subtitle: The American Exile of Napoleon's Brother Joseph
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: May 15, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780812238723
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Royalty; c 1800 to c 1900; Exile; Spain; Biography / Autobiography; King of Spain,; History; History: World; United States; France; Family; Europe - Spain & Portugal; Historical - General; Biography; Joseph Bonaparte,; Kings and rulers; Napoleon; 1768-1844; 1769-1821; Emperor of the French,; I,
First sentence: In the early morning of 25 July 1815, as the small American brigantine Commerce attempted to slip away on a favorable tide from the coast of France just over a month after Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo, the British warship Bacchus loomed out of the fog and blocked its passage.