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Article: Napoleon Bonaparte: England's Prisoner.(Brief Article)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2002
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Napoleon Bonaparte: England's Prisoner. Frank Giles. Constable. [pounds sterling]18.99. 206 pages. ISBN 0-84119-390-9. The author, who worked for many years as The Times' correspondent in Paris, admits in his Introduction that he is not a 'Napoleonist' at all. He accepts, however, that the French myths about Napoleon have affected our views of him, even in Britain. Much of this was based on various Frenchmen's memoirs and French memoris are among the most creative of French fiction. Part of the Napoleonic legend is the alleged 'sufferings' endured by the fallen dictator on St Helena. The question this book sets itself to answer is a straightforward one: did the Prince ...