On Board the RMS St Helena
…on board, a young French IT consultant donating his time to catalog Napoleonic material. The other passengers were an international mix: a Cape Town Apostolic bishop with his church group;…
…on board, a young French IT consultant donating his time to catalog Napoleonic material. The other passengers were an international mix: a Cape Town Apostolic bishop with his church group;…
…past week. But there is much work to be done. If you are interested in contributing, there is an international fund in support of Longwood House’s restoration: Save Longwood Fund….
LIST OF AWARDS: 2021 IPPY Awards Gold Winner in Best First Book—Fiction 2021 International Book Awards Best New Fiction finalist 2021 American Fiction Awards Best New Fiction Finalist 2021 American…
Napoleon’s general, and later Marshal of the Empire, Michel Ney was born the son of a cooper (a wooden-barrel maker). Originally a non-commissioned officer, Ney rose through the ranks due…
…painting. In 1810, Le Sacre’s painter, David, produced this charming portrait of the Comtesse Daru, after just a few sittings. He painted the portrait free of charge, unveiling it as…
…power of an unknown force called Destiny. Personally, I’m inclined to view Destiny, if anything, as a combination of genes, circumstance and free will. Coincidence, too, plays a role. While…
…time repairing the poorly-constructed house, built the cage and stocked it with doves and pheasants. At first, Napoleon admired it, but he was known to free the birds, saying St…
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…on his deathbed belonged to the British Royal Family. They put it up for sale in the twentieth century. Currently, it’s in the collection of the Comte Charles-André Colonna Walewski,…