Excerpt from Memorial De Sainte Helene, Vol. 2: Journal of the Private Life and Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint Helena
The Governor's Statements respecting the Expenses at Longwood, Sac.
Political History of the Court Of London during our Emi gration - George III. - Mr. Pitt - The Prince Of Wales -anecdotes - The Nassaus - Remarkable Digression Of Napoleon to his own History.
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Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph, comte de Las Cases (21 June 1766 – 15 May 1842) was a French atlas-maker and author, famed for an admiring book about Napoleon, Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène ("The Memorial of Saint Helena").
Se întâmplă destul de rar ca un autor să-și câștige celebritatea de pe urma unei singure cărți sau a unui singur personaj, fie el real sau imaginar. Este, într-un fel, cazul lui Las Cases, care apucase să se impună în lumea literară printr-un atlas istoric, publicat, culmea, în Anglia cu care Franța se afla în perpetuu război. Simpatia sa pentru Napoleon, care a mers chiar către venerație, este cheia acestor memorii. Unii le consideră la nivel de document istoric, sunt însă și voci ce invocă subiectivismul pronunțat al autorului. Acum depinde și de cititor...