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Napoleon and Dr. Verling on St. Helena by David Markham Many books have been written about St Helena and its
most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode
has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh,
unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena
journal is just such a source, and David Markham’s Napoleon and Dr
Verling on St Helena tells the story based on Verling's diary and
extensive research in the Lowe archives and memoirs of those on St Helena.
Verling served on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even
appointed as Napoleon's official physician. Throughout his stay, this
young doctor kept a vivid diary of his experiences. Through Verling's eyes
we get a fresh view of daily life on the island and of the
suspicion-filled society that grew up around Napoleon during his last
years.
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