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The Black Room at Longwood Napoleons Exile on Saint Helena Jean-Paul - photo 1
The Black Room at Longwood: Napoleon's Exile on Saint Helena
Jean-Paul Kauffmann
Translated from the French by Patricia Clancy
Four Walls Eight Windows
New York/London

title:The Black Room At Longwood : Napoleon's Exile On Saint-Helena
author:Kauffmann, Jean-Paul.; Clancy, P. A.
publisher:Four Walls Eight Windows
isbn10 | asin:1568581289
print isbn13:9781568581286
ebook isbn13:9780585245621
language:English
subjectNapoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Exile--Saint Helena, Kauffmann, Jean-Paul--Journeys--Saint Helena, France--Kings and rulers--Dwellings, Saint Helena--History, Saint Helena--Description and travel.
publication date:1999
lcc:DC211.K3813 1999eb
ddc:944/.05/092
subject:Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Exile--Saint Helena, Kauffmann, Jean-Paul--Journeys--Saint Helena, France--Kings and rulers--Dwellings, Saint Helena--History, Saint Helena--Description and travel.
Page iv
Copyright 1997 La Table Ronde
English translation copyright 1999 Patricia Clancy
Published in the United States by
Four Walls Eight Windows
39 West 14th Street
New York, NY 10011
http://www.fourwallseightwindows.com
UK offices:
Four Walls Eight Windows/Turnaround
Unit 3 Olympia Trading Estate
Coburg Road, Wood Green
London N22 67Z
First printing May 1999.
First published by La Table Ronde in France in 1997 with the title La chambre noire de Longwood: Le voyage Sainte-Hlne
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a database or other retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Kauffmann, Jean-Paul.
[Chambre noire de Longwood. English]
The black room at Longwood: Napoleon's exile on Saint-Helena/by Jean-Paul
Kauffman; translated from the French by Patricia Clancy.
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 1-56858-128-9 (cloth)
1. Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 17691821ExileSaint Helena.
2. Kauffmann, Jean-PaulJourneysSaint Helena. 3. FranceKings and
rulersDwellings. 4. Saint HelenaHistory. 5. Saint HelenaDescription
and travel. I. Title.
DC211.K38 1999 944'.05'092dc21 99-18168 CIP
Printed in the United States
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
We wish to thank the French Ministry of Culture and Communication for its assistance in the preparation of the translation.
Page v
For Odette and Marcel
Page vii
Table of Contents
Foreword
xiii
Prologue
1
The First Day
5
The Second Day
39
The Third Day
65
The Fourth Day
89
The Fifth Day
127
The Sixth Day
187
The Seventh Day
215
The Eighth Day
247
The Ninth Day
279
Epilogue
285
Endnotes
289
Bibliography
293
Acknowledgements
297

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Picture 2
"It was like a tragic riddle...."
Gaston Leroux, The Mystery of the Yellow Room
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LONGWOOD in Napoleons Time 1 Veranda 2 Parlor 3 Sitting room - photo 3
LONGWOOD in Napoleon's Time
1. Veranda
2. Parlor
3. Sitting room
4. Dining room
5. Library
6. Study
7. The Emperor's bedroom
8. Bathroom
9. Valet
10. Staff quarters
11. Kitchen
12. Linen room
13. Servants
14. Silverware
15. Pharmacy
16. Las Cases
17. Duty officers
18. Montholon Family
19. O'Meara
20. Gourgaud
21. Dining room used by O'Meara and officers
22. Piontkowski
23. Servant's room
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Saint Helena Page xiii Foreword I have never had any - photo 4
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