Napoleon’s Grand British Holiday: The Remarkable Story of Bonaparte and His Days on the South Devon Coast

Author(s) : HOLGATE Mike
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Napoleon’s Grand British Holiday: The Remarkable Story of Bonaparte and His Days on the South Devon Coast

Mike Holgate is a writer, musician and librarian at Torquay Library, resident of Torquay where the ship Bellerophon was anchored for a few days in July 1815. He has used contemporary sources, allowing the reader to relive the excitement that buzzed in and around the bay of Plymouth Sound on the South Devon coast of England, where Britain's most famous ever asylum seeker waited for an answer to his request to the Prince Regent to be able to settle in Britain following his abdication as Emperor of France, after the devastating defeat of his army at Waterloo. The book is rich with first-hand accounts of the sightings of the man that most Britons has feared and despised, and the effervescence of enthusiasm and admiration that this caused among many who saw him. The book is also illustrated by numerous contemporary drawings and illustrations, folk-songs and poems.

Year of publication :
2015
Place and publisher :
London, Halsgrove
Number of pages :
128
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