Napoleon - An Intimate Portrait


Book from St. Helena

Book from St. Helena

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This book is from the personal library of 1,600 volumes that Napoléon had at St. Helena. He said he needed at least 60,000 books to deal with the boredom he felt on the island. Several of the volumes bear English inscriptions. Much of his library was lost in the fire at the Tuileries Palace in 1871.


Napoléon received Memoirs and Correspondence of Joséphine before he died in March 1821, and read it just days before he became gravely ill. It was the only book he ever read about Joséphine and the questionable veracity of some of the content upset him greatly.

Historical Provenance - Bertrand family collection



Napoleonic War 1770 Austro - Hungarian Offices Hussars Silver Saber  picture

Napoleonic War 1770 Austro - Hungarian Offices Hussars Silver Saber

$8000.00



Napoleonic Wars Sword Sabre for Hussar of the Royal Guard - Historic Regiment  picture

Napoleonic Wars Sword Sabre for Hussar of the Royal Guard - Historic Regiment

$1723.82



Napoleonic Saber-Sword for Infantry Officer. France, circa 1810 picture

Napoleonic Saber-Sword for Infantry Officer. France, circa 1810

$1650.00



FRENCH OFF. ROTATING BRANCH SWORD SABER Mle 1784 ROYAL REVOLUT NAPOLEON W SCABAR picture

FRENCH OFF. ROTATING BRANCH SWORD SABER Mle 1784 ROYAL REVOLUT NAPOLEON W SCABAR

$680.00



EUROPEAN SWORD SABRE SABER TIME NAPOLEON III   C19 WITH LEATHER SCABARD picture

EUROPEAN SWORD SABRE SABER TIME NAPOLEON III C19 WITH LEATHER SCABARD

$585.00



NICE SAID MINOR SWORD SABER ROYAL REVOLUTION NAPOLEON TO 1780  picture

NICE SAID MINOR SWORD SABER ROYAL REVOLUTION NAPOLEON TO 1780

$560.00



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A Traveling Exhibition from Russell Etling Company (c) 2011