Author: WHITEHEAD, ANNE.
Title: Betsy And The Emperor: The True Story Of Napoleon, A Pretty Girl, A Regency Rake An Australian Colonial Misadventure.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 452; 16 pages of coloured photographic plates, notes, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy. Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 2015. The author brings to life Napoleon's last years on St Helena, revealing the central role of the Balcombe family. She also lays to rest two centuries of speculation about Betsy's relationship with Napoleon. After Napoleon's death, Betsy travelled to Australia in 1823 with her father, who was appointed the first Colonial Treasure of New South Wales.
Keywords: history biography australia napoleon
Title: Betsy And The Emperor: The True Story Of Napoleon, A Pretty Girl, A Regency Rake An Australian Colonial Misadventure.
Description: First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xii, 452; 16 pages of coloured photographic plates, notes, index, bound in original stiff illustrated wrappers, very good copy. Sydney; Allen & Unwin; 2015. The author brings to life Napoleon's last years on St Helena, revealing the central role of the Balcombe family. She also lays to rest two centuries of speculation about Betsy's relationship with Napoleon. After Napoleon's death, Betsy travelled to Australia in 1823 with her father, who was appointed the first Colonial Treasure of New South Wales.
Keywords: history biography australia napoleon
Price: AUD 35.00 = appr. US$ 24.22 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 114719
- Book number: 114719