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External websitesDatabase of the holders of Sainte-Hélène medals
This database, partly under construction, gives a list of the holders of the St Helena medal in some regions in France. Information for the other regions (see map) would be very gratefully received!
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In picturesl’Empereur à Sainte-Hélène dictant ses mémoires au Général Gourgaud (the Emperor dictating his memoirs to General Gourgaud on St Helena)
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PublicationChroniques de Sainte-Hélène Atlantique Sud (in French)
In October 1815, Napoleon and his companions, accompanied by a British garrison charged with guarding him, landed on a remote and rocky island in the middle of the South Atlantic. The quiet history of this tiny colony was to be changed forever by this unexpected arrival. With the history of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena […]
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Napoleonic literature / Directory / 1st EmpireMémorial de Sir Hudson Lowe, relatif à la captivité de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène, Paris, Léo Dureuil, 1830
Mémorial de Sir Hudson Lowe, relatif à la captivité de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène, Paris, Léo Dureuil, 1830 Despite the title, (literally Memoirs of Sir Hudson Lowe regarding the captivity of Napoleon on St Helena), these memoirs are actually a fabrication put together by two Parisian hacks named Léon-Jérôme Vidal (1797-1873) and Alphonse Signol (18??-1830). Their […]
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Napoleonic literature / Directory / 1st EmpireLes origines de la légende napoléonienne: l’œuvre historique de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène (English title: The exile of St Helena: the last phase in fact and fiction) by Philippe Gonnard (Paris, 1906)
Les origines de la légende napoléonienne: l’œuvre historique de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène (English title: The exile of St Helena: the last phase in fact and fiction) by Philippe Gonnard (Paris, 1906) This book found its origin in the author's PhD thesis and was to remain a work of reference, both in positive and negative terms, […]
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ArticleNapoleonic pages : Les origines de la légende napoléonienne: l’œuvre historique de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène (English title: The exile of St Helena: the last phase in fact and fiction) by Philippe Gonnard (Paris, 1906)
This book found its origin in the author's PhD thesis and was to remain a work of reference, both in positive and negative terms, for all those studying the Napoleon myth and Napoleonic historiography. Philippe Gonnard took a single starting point: namely that the Napoleonic legend, broadly speaking the interpretation of the events as propagated by […]
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PublicationSainte-Hélène, île de mémoire
Exceptionally fine book, with detailed articles by the best specialists. Very many previously unpublished photos. THE reference. La « petite Isle » (The “Small Ile”)Sainte-Hélène, un aperçu historique (St Helena in history), Michel Dancoisne-MartineauPourquoi Sainte-Hélène ? (Why St Helena?), Jacques-Olivier BoudonCaptivité (The captivity)Les soixante-huit mois de Napoléon à Sainte-Hélène (Napoleon's 68 months on St Helena), Jacques […]
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ArticleDeux lettres inédites de l’auteur du Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène ((présentées par C.-O. Zieseniss))
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ArticleDeux lettres inédites de l’auteur du Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène ((présentées par C.-O. Zieseniss))
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ArticleNapoléon et la Confédération de l’Europe. La voix de Sainte-Hélène