Excerpt from Letters Written on Board His Majesty's Ship the Northumberland, and Saint Helena: In Which the Conduct and Conversations of Napoleon Buonaparte, and His Suite, During the Voyage, and the First Months of His Residence in That Island, Are Faithfully Described and Related Having sailed in my professional character on board the ship which carried Napoleon Buonaparte to St. Helena, and having remained several months on the Island, the enquiries concerning him, on my return to England, were so repeated, that I may be said to have been in a state of persecution from the curiosity which prevails respecting that extraordinary character. Circumstances, connected with my profession, gave me frequent opportunities of conversing with him; and with the principal persons of his suite, I may be said, particularly during the voyage, to have lived in rather intimate society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.