The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena Quotes

“It was very rainy yesterday and l'Empereur took his one hundred paces of exercise in the Billiard Room.”
― Lally Brown, The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile With The Emperor 1815 to 1821

“L'Empereur tells Henri that he has no religion, no profound faith. His Majesty says he finds this a great consolation as he has ‘no imaginary terrors and no fear of the future’. His Majesty once told General Gourgaud ‘Were I forced to profess a religion, I would worship the sun.”
― Lally Brown, The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile With The Emperor 1815 to 1821

“We have been on this dreadful island for almost two years. I do not know how much longer I can endure this ocean prison.”
― Lally Brown, The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile With The Emperor 1815 to 1821

“Please excuse my vulgarity but it must be said, the Devil shit this place as he flew from one Continent to the other.”
― Lally Brown, The Countess, Napoleon and St. Helena: In Exile With The Emperor 1815 to 1821