Napoleon's last island : a novel / Thomas Keneally
- Bib ID:
- 7252171
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Keneally, Thomas, 1935-, author
- Edition:
- First Atria Books hardcover edition.
- Description:
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- New York : Atria Books, 2016
- ©2015
- 423 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781501128424 (hardback)
- 1501128426 (hardback)
- Invalid ISBN:
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- 9781501128448 (ebook)
- 1501128442 (ebook)
- Summary:
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In October 1815, after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was sent to live the remainder of his life in exile on the remote Southern Atlantic island of St. Helena. There, on what he called "the cursed rock," with no chance of escape, he found an unexpected ally: a spirited British teenager named Betsy Balcombe who lived on the island with her family. While Napoleon waited for his own accommodations to be made livable, the Balcombe family played host to the infamous exile, a decision that would have far-reaching consequences for them all.
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