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Episode: Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena by Betsy Balcombe ~ Full Audiobook
Description: Recollections of Napoleon at St. Helena by Betsy Balcombe audiobook. In this memoir written by Betsy Balcombe, who was a precocious 14 year old at the time of events, we are provided with a rare account of the character, the moods and humanity of Napoleon Bonaparte. She recalls her initial shock and fear at the arrival of the famous, exiled prisoner on the remote Island of St. Helena where she and her family resided. And how surprised she was when Napoleon decided he wanted to live with them at 'the Briars' until his home in Longwood would be...