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Excerpt from With Napoleon at St. Helena: Being the Memoirs of Dr. John Stokoe, Naval Surgeon, Translated From the French of Paul Fremeaux The oft-repeated story of Napoleon's captivity was first told by four eye-witnesses. They were Dr. O'Meara, who wrote in 1819 and 1821, Count Las Cases, in 1822 and 1823, Dr. Antommarchi, in 1825, and Montholon, who wrote in 1847. They told how the Emperor, who was banished to a pestilential island, was there deprived of the respect due alike to his position and to his misfortunes, and persecuted by a narrow-minded and brutal governor; how he was lodged in discomfort, and even prevented from corresponding with his wife and son. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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 The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light.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. Verling was based 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.

Who befriends a fallen emperor? In the spring of 1817, Dr John Stokoe, a surgeon, set out to sail on the Conqueror, with Admiral Sir Robert Plampin. Their destination was to be St. Helena, a desolate island situated between Africa and America. On this Island lived the exiled Napoleon Bonaparte. A man who had once commanded vast armies, ruled the French Empire and been the thorn in Britain's side for twenty years. Napoleon had been exiled to St. Helena following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo. n arrival at St. Helena's, Dr Stokoe writes about his initial thoughts of Napoleon, based on stories he'd heard. Twenty years as the enemy had cast Napoleon firmly as the villain in British public opinion. But Dr Stokoe was not a man to judge based on stories. Dr Stokoe's own encounters with Napoleon on St. Helena, capture an altogether different Napoleon. Dr Stokoe was nearly on friendly terms with Napoleon. This was a friendship that was not approved of. Due to Napoleon's terms on the island, Admiral Plampin did not accept the matter of a potential favourable relationship developing between their surgeon and Napoleon. With tensions on St Helena building, Napoleon's health began to fail. The seriousness of the Emperor's ailment was obvious to those he encountered. On the orders of Sir Hudson Lowe, a hospital inspector was instructed to attend. Napoleon refused to see him. Following a sudden and violent attack of Napoelon's , Dr Stokoe, as the only physician available, was called upon. Napoleon himself had some input into the demands and conditions under which Dr Stokoe would attend to his health. Dr Stokoe accepted with the Governor's and Admiral's consent. Dr Stokoe's memoirs present the series of events that unfolded as he attended to the dying Napoleon. An account that not many were close enough to articulate. Dr John Stokoe (1775-1852)was born in Durham. At the age of twenty, he joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon's Mate. His early attachments included the Monarch, Acosta and the Thunderer. His memoirs were found in the possession of his great-grand-niece, Miss Edith Stokoe. Paul Fr�meaux (b.1859) was a French historian. Edith S Stokoe (1861-1915) was Dr Stokoe's great-grand-niece. She lived in London.