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The Black Room at LongwoodNapoleon's Exile on Saint HelenaBy Jean-Paul KauffmannTranslated by Patricia ClancyFour Walls Eight WindowsCopyright © 1997 La Table Ronde. Translation copyright © 1999 Patricia Clancy.All rights reserved.ISBN: 1-56858-128-9Chapter OneThe First DayArrival at St. Helena * The curator of the French properties* Devil's Island * The ultramarine blue of Jamestown* Atlantic melancholy * The typical St. Helenian * The castleregister * The climate, a thorny subject * Napoleon Street* The attendant at the Briars * Supremum vale * Napoleon'saccent * "He was deathly pale" * The puzzle of his face*"Sire, we shall live on the past" * The Emperor's companions* Saturn at the Exiles' Club * A crown of thorns * Discernmentand the ability to discriminate * Napoleon plays the fool* The destruction wreaked by termites * The St. Helena ordeal1I SOMETIMES PASS THROUGH ST. HELENA, but I'venever stopped there. It's an empty place, silent and solitary.The houses sit on the grass as they do in Africa. Unlikelyshops, a closed church, a deserted crossroads. Every time Ipass, the place seems a little more deserted and sad. And yet Ifind an air of grandeur in that rather dismal severi

Author

Kauffmann, Jean-Paul

Publisher

Thunder's Mouth Press

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9781568581286

Subjects

History, Travel, Biography

Rating

3.88 / 5 (47 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14