{"product_id":"the-emperors-last-island-a-journey-to-st-helena-9780679739371","title":"The Emperor's Last Island: A Journey to St. Helena","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn 1814 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on St. Helena for a surreal exile that would last until his death six years later. - \"Dazzling... a compelling meditation on Napoleon's exile...Blackburn has brought her startlingly imaginative sensitivity to bear on a vanished time.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A resonant meditation on exile, fame, the stories we tell about ourselves (and) the bigger stories we tell about our great figures.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJulia Blackburn is the author of three books of nonfiction, \u003cb\u003eCharles Waterton, The Emperor's Last Island\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eDaisy Bates in the Desert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand of two novels, \u003cb\u003eThe Book of Color\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Leper's Companions\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eboth of which were shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She lives in England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412792611090,"sku":"9780679739371","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1741a2d8-7af8-46bb-b6e0-0619474f647c.jpg?v=1729328447","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-emperors-last-island-a-journey-to-st-helena-9780679739371","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}