With Napoleon at St Helena
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (871 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1781554609 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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At St Helena there was discord following the Governor, Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe’s controversial decision to dismiss Napoleon’s doctor, Barry O’Mara. Stokoe set out for St Helena on HMS Conqueror in 1817. by Barry O’Meara, late surgeon in the Royal Navy’ (also now dismissed) ‘implying that Sir Hudson Lowe had practised with the said O’Meara to induce him to put an end to the existence of General Bonaparte.’ Stokoe, though dismissed the Navy, was put on half-pay. About this time, Napoleon asked that Mr Stokoe, who had once attended him and who he understood was returning to St Helena, might attend h
Stokoe set out for St Helena on HMS Conqueror in 1817. . He died of a stroke in 1852. ‘I thought that I should see the great man and probably have the honour of conversing with himlittle did I think at that time that the honour would be so dearly purchased!’ He married late in life, but was predeceased by his wife and two daughters. About the Author Dr John Stokoe, (1775-1852). This edition was edited by another daughter, Edith Stokoe
This edition was edited by another daughter, Edith Stokoe. Dr John Stokoe, (1775-1852). Stokoe set out for St Helena on HMS Conqueror in 1817. ‘I thought that I should see the great man and probably have the honour of conversing with himlittle did I think at that time that the honour would be so dearly purchased!’ He married late in life, but was predeceased by his wife and two daughters. . He died of a stroke in 1852