Imbert de Saint-Amand; Elizabeth Gilbert Martin [trans.] - Marie Louise, the Island of Elba, and the Hundred Days

London, Hutchinson & Co. 1892. Cloth. An English language translation of Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's study of Napoleon's second wife during the final year of his rule. Translated from the original French by Elizabeth Gilbert Martin, this is French historian and diplomat Arthur-Leon Imbert de Saint-Amand's biography of the second wife of Napoleon Bonoparte, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece.First translated by Gilbert Martin the year prior, this fascinating biographical study paints a portrait of Marie Louise's life in the declining days of Napoleon's empire, beginning with his 1814 exile to Elba, discussing The Hundred Days, the battle of Waterloo, and concluding with an account of Marie Louise's response to the HMS Northumberland carrying Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena.With the former owner's bookplate of Grace Sherson to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Discolouration to back strip, with bumping to spine head and tail. Small tear to cloth to rear of back strip. Light marks to boards. Former owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Good . Ill.: None. Good .

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