Betsy And The Emperor

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2015
Edition: First Edition

Description: 452 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The True Story Of Napoleon, A Pretty Girl, A Regency Rake And An Australian Colonial Misadventure.

Publishers Description: After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, he was sent into exile on Saint Helena. He became an eagle in a cage, reduced from the most powerful figure in Europe to a prisoner on a rock in the South Atlantic. But the fallen emperor was charmed by the pretty teenage daughter of a local merchant, Betsy Balcombe.Anne Whitehead brings to life Napoleons last years on Saint Helena, revealing the central role of the Balcombe family. She also lays to rest two centuries of speculation about Betsys relationship with Napoleon.After Napoleons death, Betsy travelled to Australia in 1823 with her father, who was appointed the first Colonial Treasurer of New South Wales. When the family lost their fortune, she returned to London and published a memoir which made her a celebrity.With her extraordinary connections to royalty and high society, Betsy Balcombe led a life worthy of a Regency romance, but she was always fighting for her independence. This new account reveals Napoleon at his most vulnerable, human and reflective, and a woman caught in some of the most dramatic events of her time.

ISBN: 9781760112936