Napoleon in his own defence
Subtitle: being a reprint of certain letters written by Napoleon from St. Helena to Lady Clavering, and a reply by Theodore Hook; with which are incorporated notes and an essay on Napoleon as a man of letters
By: by Clement Shorter.
Contributors: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.; Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de, 1766-1842.; O'Meara, Barry Edward, 1786-1836.; Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841.
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 1910
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
Subjects: Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821 -- Captivity, 1815-1821.
Notes: With reproductions of title-pages of Letters from the cape of Good Hope, 1817, and Facts illustrative of the treatment of Napoleon [by Theodore Hook] 1819.
Table of contents: Introduction.; I. Napoleon as a man of letters. Suggested by the republication of his "Letters from the Cape." By the editor.; II. Letters from the Cape. Attributed to O'Meara and Las Cases, but actually written by Napoleon. With a prefatory note by the editor.; III. Napoleon in St. Helena. By Theodore Hook, being a reply to the "Letters from the Cape." With a prefatory note on Hook by the editor.; Appendix: Hitherto unpublished letters by T.H. Brooke, secretary to the governor of St. Helena.; Index.