A St. Helena Who's Who; or, A directory of the Island during the captivity of Napoleon

By Arnold Chaplin

Book Overview

An authoritative directory of St. Helena during the years of Napoleon's exile. A St. Helena Who's Who records the island community with scrupulous contemporary attention. A solid resource for researchers. As a historical directory collection, Chaplin's register maps the lives of St. Helena island residents and surfaces the local detail that illuminates early 19th century society. Practical entries and concise biographical notes create the raw material for Napoleonic era biographies, while the book's ground-level view also speaks directly to enthusiasts of British colonial history. For readers who want the human detail behind official records, the volume translates administration and policy into names, ties and daily occupations. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Its significance is both documentary and cultural: Chaplin's compilation is prized by scholars of Napoleon captivity history and British Empire studies as a source of rare historical records, and by family historians as a dependable genealogy research resource. Casual readers will be captured by the immediacy of island life; classic literature collectors and institutional libraries will value the book's credibility and collectible character. Compact enough to consult and rich enough to cite, it makes a thoughtful history enthusiasts gift and a reliable reference for anyone exploring the tangled currents of empire, exile and local community. It rewards repeated consultation. Researchers will prize the way entries corroborate names, dates and relationships cited elsewhere; writers of Napoleonic era biographies and local histories will find practical context for narrative and footnotes. As a companion to broader work in British colonial history, the directory restores local texture to the study of early 19th century society and helps knit individual lives back into the fabric of empire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9390382548
• ISBN13: 9789390382545
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"