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CASES (Emmanuel de las). MÉMORIAL de Sainte-Hélène. Londres. 1823.
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CASES (Emmanuel de las). MÉMORIAL de Sainte-Hélène. Londres. 1823.
CASES (Emmanuel de las)
MÉMORIAL de Sainte-Hélène. Journal de la Vie Privée et des Conversations de l' Empereur Napoléon à Sainte Hélène. Londres: Chez Henri Colburn et M. Bossange, 1823.
4 v.; xii, 420, vi, 400 pp.; viii, 384, iv, 396 pp.; iv, 362, vi, 346 pp.; vi, 314, iv, 304 pp.; 4 gravs.: il.; 220 mm.
Rare edition of this memoir on the beginning of Napoleon's exile on Saint Helena. The work transcribes the almost daily conversations between the Count de las Cases and the emperor about his life, career, political vision and conditions of his exile. Published shortly after Napoleon's death, it enjoyed immediate success, having known several editions throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.
