MEMOIRS OF THE MILITARY AND POLITICAL LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, FROM HIS ORIGIN, TO HIS DEATH ON THE ROCK OF ST. HELENA; Comprising a Just Outline of his Splendid and Unexampled Military Career, from his First Entering the Regiment La Fere as Lieutenant, to its Tremendous Termination at the Battle of Waterloo; A Detailed View of his Extraordinary Return to France from Elba, and the Events of his Ensuing Reign of 100 Days. Embracing also an Authentic Narrative of the Conduct of Napoleon during his Voyage to St. Helena, and While in Exile, and of Events Attending his Confinement, Sickness, and Death, with Numerous Private Documents, now First Published in This Country, and Collected Chiefly from the Writings of Dr. B.E. O'Meara, Surgeon to Napoleon at St. Helena.
Hartford, Connecticut, USA: Published for Chauncey Goodrich, 1822. Leather-bound. 8vo. Illustrated with frontis, and two additional plates, one of which folds out. Light brown calf, with gilt decoration and lettering to spine. Top inch of spine leather missing. Front hinge starting and previous owner's name and location written in beautiful..... More