Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice

Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice

by Martin Howard (Author)

Synopsis

In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. During his brief stay, he crossed paths with six medical men, all of whom would be changed by the encounter, whether by court martial, the shame of misdiagnosis, or resulting celebrity. What would seem to be a straightforward post became entangled with politics, as Governor Hudson Lowe became paranoid as to the motivations of each doctor and brought their every move into question. In Napoleon's Poisoned Chalice, Martin Howard addresses the political pitfalls navigated with varying success by the men who were assigned to care for the most famous man in Europe. The hostility that sprang up between individuals thrown together in isolation, the impossible situations the doctors found themselves in and the fear of censure when Napoleon finally began to die.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 30 Apr 2009

ISBN 10: 0752448579
ISBN 13: 9780752448572

Author Bio
Martin Howard is a hospital consultant and the author of Napoleon's Doctors and Wellington's Doctors.