(ST HELENA) FORSYTH, William. History of the Captivity of Napoleon at St. Helena; from the letters and journals of the late Lieut.-Gen. Sir Hudson Lowe, and official documents not before made public. FIRST EDITION. 3 vols. John Murray. 1853
Fronts, map vol. I; some foxing in prelims. Untrimmed in orig. green cloth, boards blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt; spines a little faded, vol. II with small nick at head of following hinge, sl. damp mark on front board vol. I. Overall a good-plus copy.
¶Hudson Lowe, 1769-1844, Anglo-Irish soldier and colonial administrator. In 1815 he was appointed to oversee the incarceration of Napoleon on St Helena, and the following year he became Governor of the island. His period as Bonaparte's gaoler was controversial, as his constant paranoia that the deposed leader would somehow be rescued from his island prison, led to allegations of heavy-handedness and tactlessness.
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