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    Britain’s obsession with Napoleon
    Peter Hicks
    • Feb 16, 2021
    • 3 min

    Britain’s obsession with Napoleon

    The death of Napoleon in far off St Helena in May 1821 brought to a crescendo twenty-five years of English-language publishing on the...
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    Romantic Exile
    Prof. Alan Forrest
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Romantic Exile

    Professor Alan Forrest writes on the St Helena’s part in the Napoleonic legend. If Waterloo marked the end of Napoleon’s imperial dream,...
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    Rich Histories, New Challenges
    Brent Fortenberry
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 3 min

    Rich Histories, New Challenges

    St. Helena boasts one of the most impressive British built heritage landscapes in the South Atlantic. While the island is most often associa
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    Wine in Exile
    Joseph Geldman
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    Wine in Exile

    Napoleon’s living conditions on Saint Helena were of interest to both British and French authorities, with certain French representatives...
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    A Cautionary Tale...
    Aoife Miralles
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Cautionary Tale...

    ‘Oh there he may sit and tell the scenes he has seen ah! While forlorn he may morn on the Isle of St. Helena.’ This anonymous ballad,...
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    A Brief History of Climbing Ladder Hill
    Kathryn Davies
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Brief History of Climbing Ladder Hill

    Jacob’s Ladder is one of the most striking examples of built heritage on St Helena. A dramatically steep staircase of 699 steps, it now...
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    British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust

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    The British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust (BNBT) exists to promote public education on - and preservation of - the Georgian (1714-1837) built heritage of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena with an emphasis on the sites related to Napoleon Bonaparte’s rule (1799-1815) and subsequent incarceration on the island (1815-21).

    The British Napoleonic Bicentenary Trust © 2020 | Registered Charity Number 1185952

    c/o St Helena Government, Alliance House, 12 Caxton Street, London, SW1H 0QS

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