Betsy and the Emperor
By: Staton Rabin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Juvenile fiction.; Abell, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, d. 1871 -- Juvenile fiction.; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Fiction.; Abell, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, d. 1871 -- Fiction.; Friendship -- Fiction.; Saint Helena -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: In 1815 on the remote island of Saint Helena, fourteen-year-old Betsy Balcombe develops a friendship with Napoleon Bonaparte who, after his defeat at Waterloo, is brought there as an exile and is housed with her family.