Johannes Willms
Auteur de Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile (Armchair Traveller)
A propos de l'auteur
Johannes Willms is senior editor of culture and the arts at Suddeutsche Zeitung (Munich).
Œuvres de Johannes Willms
Bismarck - Dämon der Deutschen: Anmerkungen zu einer Legende Mit einem Vorwort zur Taschenbuchausgabe (1997) 7 exemplaires
Nationalismus ohne Nation: Deutsche Geschichte von 1789 bis 1914 (German Edition) (1983) 5 exemplaires
Louis XIV: Der Sonnenkönig und seine Zeit 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1948-05-25
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Germany
- Professions
- historian
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Napoleon & St Helena: On the Island of Exile… par Johannes Willms
This is a St Helena centric re-telling of Napoleon's final years in exile - somewhat esoteric but containing nuggets of remarkable information - why did a French functionary carry on to St Helena in 1919, despite his ship being torpedoed in 1917, as a consequence of which his young daughter died, his wife had her thighs partly amputated to ward off gangrene and the party spent two years convalescing in Spain - so arriving on St Helena over two years late! The saving grace for this reader/reviewer is that I had the good fortune to visit the island, adding a further dynamic to my appreciation of this book.… (plus d'informations)
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sehr klassische Militärgeschichtsschreibung, fast durchgängig aus der strategischen Feldherrnhügelperspektive
This curious omnium-gahterum collects, in decreasing order of interest, reflections on the Napoleonic legend, a history of St. Helena and,especially, the various sites there which are associated with the Emperor, a title search of said properties, and an inventory of the various pieces of realia from the houses. The author contributes some interesting musings when he's thinking about the big picture, but the endless inventories of furniture and title transfers are mind-numbing.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 22
- Membres
- 213
- Popularité
- #104,444
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 51
- Langues
- 7