{"product_id":"the-emperors-last-island-isbn-9780679739371","title":"The Emperor's Last Island","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\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.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300271182053,"sku":"NP9780679739371","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679739371.jpg?v=1767739164","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-emperors-last-island-isbn-9780679739371","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}