{"product_id":"manuscript-transmitted-from-st-helena-by-an-unknown-channel-translated-from-the-french-1800184","title":"Manuscript Transmitted from St. Helena, by an Unknown Channel. Translated from the French.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTall 8vo., attractive modern binding of marbled paper boards, printed paper label to spine; outer edges untrimmed; new endpapers; pp. [v], 2-146, [ii]; the binding fine; internally very good, cleaner than often found, with just some light spotting and browning, mostly affecting the prelims, and a contemporary ownership inscription in ink to the head of title.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst UK edition in English\u003c\/b\u003e of these memoirs, reportedly written by the exiled ex-Emperor and smuggled to London for anonymous publication. An early handwritten envelope is also loosely laid in, addressed to ‘le Maire’ (“The Mayor”). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt has been suggested that the true author was Jacob Frederic Lullin de Chateauvieux (1772–1841), who served in the French Army and later in the General Council. A friend of Germaine de Staël, he was a regular member of the Coppet circle, and became one of the most important Genevan agronomists of the 19th century, as well as being the editor of the \u003ci\u003eEnglish Agriculture\u003c\/i\u003e series for the \u003ci\u003eBibliothèque britannique.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDue to the fact that the work was published just two years after Napoleon’s abdication, it was immediately banned in France by Louis XVII. Nonetheless, pirated copies were subsequently circulated by the Bonapardists, and the memoirs caused great sensation throughout Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fascinating publication, reflecting the intense British and continental interest in Napoleon's fate following his imprisonment on the island in October 1815.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e1800184\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56990272618820,"sku":"1800184","price":250.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/1800184_03f80abe-b531-4901-bc21-3f0879cbbd45.jpg?v=1784202923","url":"https:\/\/foldthecornerbooks.co.uk\/products\/manuscript-transmitted-from-st-helena-by-an-unknown-channel-translated-from-the-french-1800184","provider":"Fold the Corner Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}