Title: Assassination at St. Helena revisited
First published: 1995
Description: Was Napoleon murdered? This baffling question has been sparking hot debates for nearly two hundred years. But, according to Swedish toxicologist Sten Forshufvud and Napoleonic scholar Ben Weider, the answer is an irrefutable yes.

In 1978, their Assassination at St. Helena stunned historians the world over. One of history's most important homicide investigations, it revealed startling yet convincing evidence implicating a nobleman one severely punished by Napoleon. At St. Helena, the nobleman became the defeated leader's most praised and rewarded attendant... and his executioner.

In the years since Assassination at St. Helena first appeared, it has come to be regarded as a classic, a historical investigation par excellence. Now new, definitive evidence is presented for the first time in this revised and expanded edition. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited reveals further corroboration of the authors' acclaimed account of Napoleon's final, tragic years.

Carefully researched, with forewords by David G. Chandler and David C. Hamilton-Williams, two of the most respected Napoleonic scholars in the world, this superb volume combines clearly presented scientific evidence with a historical detective story unrivaled in the annals of royal intrigue. Assassination at St. Helena Revisited will surprise, delight, and enthrall Napoleonic buffs everywhere.
Subjects: Death and burial, Death, Toxicology, Poisoning, Arsenic, Emperors, Captivity, 1815-1821, Biography, Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821
Places: Saint Helena, France
People: Napoléon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821)