Letters written on board his majesty's ship the Northumberland, and at Saint Helena in which the conduct and conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte, and his suite, during the voyage, and the first months of his residence on that island, are faithfully Described a nd Related

Letters written on board his majesty's ship the Northumberland, and at Saint Helena in which the conduct and conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte, and his suite, during the voyage, and the first months of his residence on that island, are faithfully Described and Related.

Author: Warden, William

8vo.(5.5” x 8.5”) c1816. Warden, William. London: R. Ackermann. Half brown Morocco with generous tips, single gilt rule to leather edges, over marbled boards with matching endpapers. Beautiful gilt enhanced spine with 5 sharply raised bands, 4 compartments with crown and scripted "N", 2 compartments with title and author (see pic). Top edge gilt. Wear to front board marbling (see pic) with loss, otherwise, mild edgewear. Spine sun faded to a pleasing chocolate brown. Overall, a very handsome book!

From prior description: Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and engraved facsimile. “Warden was a Surgeon on the Northumberland which conveyed Napoleon to St. Helena. During the voyages and for some time at Saint Helena Warden attended Napoleon. Following Napoleon's final defeat on the fields of Waterloo in 1815, and his surrender to the Royal Navy and eventual exile to St. Helena, the public curiosity in England regarding the man who had terrorized Europe for years and dragged on a war that had begun in 1793 was overwhelming. Captain Maitland's perhaps better-known account of Napoleon's time in the BELLEROPHON, the ship Napoleon had surrendered to, was not published until 1826. William Warden, surgeon on-board the NORTHUMBERLAND, the ship that carried the Emperor into exile, was, on his return to England, ‘in a state of persecution from the curiosity which prevails respecting that extraordinary character.’ Warden had spent several months on the island and was in a position to observe Napoleon at close quarters. His account is illustrated with an engraved vignette portrait of the prisoner, a folding facsimile and a further engraved plate depicting two medals. The subject matter and criticism of the work sold many editions in the first year. The populace did not like the favorable depiction of Napoleon and the military and literary audience determining that Warden could not have been present at some of the things described took exception to his claims. Warden's French not being strong and his translator, the Count de la Cases' English being confused in conveying Napoleon's comments apparently created discrepancies in the conversations as Napoleon later said that his conversations with Warden were quite different.” [text by ‘Round Table Books’].

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