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Betsy Balcombe wrote this memoir of her time on St. Helena island during the the beginning of Napoleon's exile on the island. Napoleon lived with her family at the Briars until his home in Longwood was prepared for him. The year was 1815. Betsy was thirteen years old when the events of the memoir took place, and although she was initially terrified at the thought of the Napoleon living among them, she soon overcame her fears, and found him to be quite companionable.
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