Articles > Sports and Life magazines > Culture magazines > Libraries and the Cultural Record articles > January 2007

Article: Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St. Helena.(Book review)

Article from:
Libraries and the Cultural Record
Article date:
January 1, 2007
Author:
Copyright

Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St. Helena. By J. David Markham. Barnsley, U.K.: Pen & Sword, 2005. 178 pp. $34.87. ISBN 1-844-15250-2.

Napoleon Bonaparte has been the subject of numerous books concerning various aspects of his life and career, including his exile on the island of St. Helena from 1815 to 1821. Nevertheless, author J. David Markham, a Napoleon scholar and biographer and president of the Napoleonic Alliance, has discovered something new to add to the historical interpretation of Napoleon and his legacy.

In the summer of 1996 while working in the Bodleian Library of Oxford University, Markham happened upon the detailed journal of Dr. James ... 







Read all of this article with a FREE trial
















Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:









  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: Napoleon in Russia: Questionable Judgement and Critical ...

  
  RUSI Journal; 
  December 1, 2003 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
... ... Russian campaign of 1812, Alexander and Napoleon were still allies, and both wanted things ... major problems between the two rulers. Napoleon had wanted to create a new Polish state ... opposed. Indeed, they were outraged that Napoleon had created the Duchy of Warsaw, and ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: Napoleon, the emperor (of pastries).(TASTE)

  
  Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 
  April 8, 1998 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
... ... nothing delicate about eating Napoleons - then or now. They crumble ... week I came back for another Napoleon. Then another and another ... necessary, and neither were the Napoleons. I had moved on. Perfection ... pastry that looks like the Napoleon I remember. But rarely does ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: 'Napoleon' stands tall visually on A&E

  
  Sunday News Lancaster, PA; 
  March 30, 2003 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
... ... here anymore.) A&E's "Napoleon" is stately and, alas, more ... the internationally produced "Napoleon," filmed in France, Austria ... Republic, Hungary, Canada and St. Helena, where Napoleon died in exile, has what I ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: Napoleon III: A Life.(Review)

  
  New Criterion; 
  December 1, 1999 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
...Fenton Bresler Napoleon III: A Life. Carroll & Graf, 300 pages, $27.50 Being a fan of Napoleon III can be frustrating. Friends and relatives ... instigator of the Mexican adventure. "Their" Napoleon wanted to invade England from the French ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: Napoleon: A&E soap opera more Waterloo than intriguing ...

  
  The Washington Times; 
  April 5, 2003 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
... ... times like this, it's good to think of Napoleon Bonaparte - or, as I like to call him ... say that Saddam Hussein is a child of Napoleon. Can you blame the French for taking ... development? Even though the continent Napoleon roiled for 20 years is lurching toward ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: Napoleon: The Path to Power.(Book review)

  
  Military Review; 
  January 1, 2009 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
...NAPOLEON: The Path to Power, Philip Dwyer, Yale ... 2008, 672 pages, $35.00. Many see Napoleon as the culmination of the French Revolution ... Philip Dwyer concurs and describes the ways Napoleon used the novel methods to present himself ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: NAPOLEON ANDREW ROBERTS LOOKS AT HOW NAPOLEON'S ...

  
  The Sunday Telegraph London; 
  April 29, 2007 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
... ... phrase that had long been ascribed to Napoleon's esprit d'escalier on St Helena. Although Napoleon had successfully evaded the Royal ... commendable gusto. He only takes Napoleon's own reminiscences from St Helena at face value if backed up ... 







   
 




  




 

    

 
 
   
 


   
  
  Article: Napoleon.

  
  Teaching History: A Journal of Methods; 
  March 22, 2002 ;  
  
  
 
  700+ words
... ... Egypt, France, Elba, St. Helena, and of course ... mandatory--certainly for Napoleon--battlefield shots ... leading authority on Napoleon, Jean Tulard of the ... of the University of St. Petersburg offers some unique insights into Napoleon's ill-fated Russian ... 







   
 

























 



 





 






Newsweek
Harper's Magazine
The Washington Post
Chicago Tribune
Crain's Chicago Business
PRNewswire
Pediatric News
The Nation
Advertising Age
The Economist (US)
A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles!
Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!


  



Find articles, research, and archives