After Waterloo, Napoleon gave himself up to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon off the French coast. Maitland’s narrative records the negotiations, the voyage to England and the anxious weeks off Torbay and Plymouth, with the fallen emperor’s conversation and habits observed at close quarters. This edition adds a memoir of Maitland and documents from his papers.
An eyewitness record that Sir Walter Scott praised, and a key source for Napoleon’s last days in Europe. Download the free EPUB.