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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Fiction |
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Call Number:
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F |
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Author:
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Keneally, Thomas |
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Title:
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Napoleon's Last Island |
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Remainder of title:
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a novel |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"From the bestselling author of Schindler's List and The Daughters of Mars, a new historical novel set on the remote island of Saint Helena about the remarkable friendship between a young woman and one of history's most intriguing figures, Napoleon Bonaparte, during the final years of his life in exile. In October 1815, after losing the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon Bonaparte was banished to the island of Saint Helena. There, in one of the most remote places on earth, he lived out the final six years of his life. On this lonely island with no chance of escape, he found an unexpected ally: a spirited British girl named Betsy Balcombe who lived on the island with her family. While Napoleon waited for his own accommodations to be built, the Balcombe family played host to the infamous exile, a decision that would have devastating consequences for them all. In Napoleon's Last Island, "master of character development and period detail" (Kirkus Reviews) Thomas Keneally recreates Betsy's powerful and complex friendship with the man dubbed The Great Ogre, her enmities and alliances with his remaining courtiers, and her dramatic coming-of-age. Bringing a shadowy period of history to life with a brilliant attention to detail, Keneally tells the untold story of one of Europe's most enigmatic, charismatic, and important figures, and the ordinary British family who dared to forge a connection with him"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9781501128424 (hardcover) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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lsxj--- |
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Classification number:
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PR9619.3.K46 |
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Item number:
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N37 2016 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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823/.914 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC014000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC019000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC000000 |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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by Thomas Keneally. |
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Edition statement:
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First Atria Books hardcover edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York |
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Name of publisher:
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Atria |
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Date of publication:
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2015 |
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Projected publication date:
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1610 |
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New York City : |
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Atria Books, |
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2016. |
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Ã2015 |
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Extent:
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pages ; cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B&T 10 |
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Purchase price:
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30.00 |
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Personal name:
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Napoleon |
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Personal name:
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Abell, Lucia Elizabeth Balcombe, |
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Numeration:
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I, |
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Titles and other words associated with a name:
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Emperor of the French, |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1769-1821 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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-1871 |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Families |
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Subject:
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British |
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Subject:
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Friendship |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Historical. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Literary. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / General. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Saint Helena |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Saint Helena |
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Geographic name:
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Saint Helena |
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Form subdivision:
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Fiction. |
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General subdivision:
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History |
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Chronological subdivision:
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19th century |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Biographical fiction. |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Historical fiction. |
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Acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk15 2016-05-06 (telework) |
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xk15 2016-05-06 ONIX (telework) to CIP |
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Daniella Wexler; phone: 212-698-2822; email: daniella.wexler@simonandschuster.com; bc: haley.weaver@simonandschuster.com |