Comte Emmanuel de Las Cases - Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène

Fascinating two-volume set illustrated with superb plates hors-texte of this exhaustive and detailed account of Napoleon’s captivity on the island of Saint Helena, based on daily interviews and the author’s attentive observations, who was his companion and faithful secretary - This captivating work offers an intimate plunge into the daily life of the deposed emperor, describing his habits, his political reflections, his strategic analyses and his memories of campaigns and events that shaped the Empire, while revealing his emotions, his regrets and his disappointed hopes - Las Cases adopts a vivid narration, mixing reported dialogues, personal comments and detailed descriptions of places and people, which gives the reader the impression of witnessing the interviews themselves and penetrating the inner circle of an exceptional historical figure - The edition also explores Napoleon’s psychology, his capacity for resilience, his keen sense of honor and destiny, as well as the tensions between past grandeur and forced isolation, while highlighting the political and diplomatic stakes of his exile - Count Emmanuel de Las Cases - Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène, Follow-up Napoléon in Exile - 1842 - Vol I and II - Ernest Bourdin - vij-828 and 955 Pages. Good condition of bindings, works in their original red half-bone leather, wear from use, a few minor defects on covers, heads and corners worn, marbled edges, spine with fine decorative cords, titlings, two boards damaged on part, gilded spines and author’s name gilded, gilded edging on boards - Good interior condition, browning, lovely vignette on title page, text double-bordered, works enriched with numerous engravings in black both in-text and out-of-text including a frontispiece, text fairly clean, endpapers marbled in good condition, ex-libris of the Baratte family of Templeuve (Nord), a pleasant set - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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