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NAPOLEON IN CAPTIVITY: Reports of Ct Balmain officiel Russian Commissioner ... 1816-20 PBÉtat：Très bon état Subject Area：International Politics, International Relations, Military History, Political Philosophy, Political Science, Political Sociology, Bank and Financial Politics, Deep State Politics Book Title：Napoleon in Captivity: The Reports of Count Balmain Russian Commi Publication Name：Napoleon in Captivity Publisher：Fonthill Media Subject：History Publication Year：2014 Type：Textbook Format：Paperback ISBN：9781781551202 Language：English ISBN-13：9781781551202 Author：Aleksandr Antonovich Balmain Educational Level：Adult & Further Education, A Levels, Comprehensive School, GCSE, Key Stage 0, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5, Secondary School, Sixth Form College, Vocational School Level：Beginner officiel, Intermediate, Advanced, Business, Technical Features：Ex-Library, Illustrated Country/Region of Manufacture：United Kingdom Number of Pages：160 Pages NAPOLEON IN CAPTIVITY:
The Reports of Count Balmain,
Russian Commissioner
on the Island of St Helena 1816-1820
Author: Aleksandr Antonovich Balmain
ISBN: 9781781551202
vgc: illustr 2014 PAPERBACK by Fonthill. ExLibrary but no missing pages, no external labels, no plastic covering. Tightly bound with only slight use. Square spine has 1 reading bend. Cover excellent cdn. Inside stamped WITHDRAWN etc. Bright pages excellent cdn, clean+unmarked, no discolour, no corner folds {23½x16x1¼cm, 160pp, 300g}
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The 1815 Treaty of Paris was signed between France on the one hand and the Allied Powers of Britain, Austria, Prussia and Russia on the other. One of the treaty terms allowed each nation to send a Commissioner to St Helena to observe upon Napoleons captivity.
The British had already decided that Napoleons detention was to be St Helena. The Royal Court of France, the Imperial Courts of Austria and of Russia, and the Royal Court of Prussia, were to appoint Commissioners to proceed to and abide at the place which the Government of his Britannic Majesty shall have assigned for the residence of Napoleon Bonaparte, and who without being responsible for his custody will assure themselves of his presence. It was the function of the commissioners to watch and report on the English jailers, quite as much as on the French prisoners. The reports of Count Balmain are infinitely superior in value and interest to those from France and Austria. Balmain sent a vast amount of information back to Russia. This book contains a wealth of information regarding life on St Helena, the British, the garrison the inhabitants, and of course the small French community surrounding Napoleon.
About the Author
Alexandre Antonovich, Comte de Balmain, was descended from a Scottish family, the Ramsays of Balmain, which had left Scotland in 1685 and emigrated to Russia. His father had occupied the high post of governor-general of the Kursk Government. In 1801, aged twenty but already a captain, Balmain was dismissed from his cavalry regiment for having struck a policeman in a street row, but, restored to imperial favour a few days afterward when Tsar Alexander suddenly came to the throne, he elected for the diplomatic service. There is where, no doubt, he belonged, for he was clever, somewhat unscrupulous, ambitious, fond of society, which soon became fond of him. During his missions at Naples, Vienna, and London, he did very little work, but already, in his fourth decade, he felt physically tired out from the occupations of a homeless, idle, diplomatic career, and morally from his elegant, easy-going scepticism. It was rather becoming to him, and he seems to have increased the pose; for one thing, he knew that it pleased women. In 1813 he re-entered the army and saw active service culminating at Waterloo. As a reward he was offered the post of commissioner to St. Helena. Professor Julian Park, (1888-1965) was the first dean of Arts and Sciences (1919-1954) of The University at Buffalo, and served as the Universitys first historian (1959-1965). He served as French Consul for Western New York; served on the council of the American Association of University Professors; was president of the Buffalo Assoc. of the Sons of the Revolution. He was lecturer; Geneva School of International Studies; appointed Chevelier (knight) of the Legion of Honour; director of the Pan-American League Against Cancer; and even ran for a seat in the US Congress on the Democratic ticket in 1942, saying "it had always seemed to me that we who teach and preach politics ought to get a practical taste of it." He was promoted to "Officer of the Legion of Honour" by the President of France for his contributions to strengthen the bonds of friendship between France and the US. From 1955-1959 he was President of the Buffalo Historical Society and presented the prestigious Red Jacket Award from the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society.
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NAPOLEON IN CAPTIVITY: Reports of Ct Balmain officiel Russian Commissioner ... 1816-20 PB
