Napoleon's last island : a novel / Thomas Keneally.
Record details
- ISBN: 1501128426 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9781501128424 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1501128426 : HRD
- ISBN: 9781501128424 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 1501128426 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 423 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Atria books hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Atria Books, 2016.
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Australia in 2015 by Vintage"--Title page verso. |
Summary, etc.: | "From the bestselling author of Schindler's List and The Daughters of Mars, a new historical novel set on the remote island of Saint Helena about the remarkable friendship between a young woman and one of history's most intriguing figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, during the final years of his life in exile. In October 1815, after losing the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was banished to the island of Saint Helena. There, in one of the most remote places on earth, he lived out the final six years of his life. On this lonely island with no chance of escape, he found an unexpected ally: a spirited British girl named Betsy Balcombe who lived on the island with her family. While Napoleon waited for his own accommodations to be built, the Balcombe family played host to the infamous exile, a decision that would have devastating consequences for them all. In Napoleon's Last Island, "master of character development and period detail" (Kirkus Reviews) Thomas Keneally recreates Betsy's powerful and complex friendship with the man dubbed The Great Ogre, her enmities and alliances with his remaining courtiers, and her dramatic coming-of-age. Bringing a shadowy period of history to life with a brilliant attention to detail, Keneally tells the untold story of one of Europe's most enigmatic, charismatic, and important figures, and the ordinary British family who dared to forge a connection with him"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Genre: | Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
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Ansonia Public Library | FIC KENEALLY, THOMAS (Text) | 34045126295612 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | F KENEALLY T (Text) | 32544072432221 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | F KENEALLY (Text) | 34030136875751 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | F/KENEALLY (Text) | 34029136908158 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | FIC KENEALLY (Text) | 36937002144369 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC KENEALLY (Text) | 34014138114328 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F Ken (Text) | 33180138571352 | Adult Fiction - First Floor | Available | - |
Douglas Library of Hebron | FIC KEN (Text) | 33400137928308 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Easton Public Library | FIC KENEALLY, THOMAS (Text) | 37777123555278 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Edith Wheeler Memorial Library - Monroe | FIC KENEALLY,T (Text) | 34026136969834 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |