Napoleone all’Elba: le biblioteche

With an in-depth essay by Monica Guarracino, the volume contains the essential document discovered in the Archives Nationales of Paris, which is an inventory of the emperor's library during his exhile on the island.

A careful record of  Literature, History, Geography, Military Art, classical and moderns books: an unprecedented document revealing Napoleon's methodology while discerning his books.

The very last part of the book publishes, in photograhic edition, the pages of the Bibliothèque du Musée de l’Ile d’Elbe, the inventory which was published in 1880 for an auction of books from the Museum which Anatolio Demidoff had founded to keep Napoleon's memorabilia.

A must have for academics and researchers, as well as for those passionate about the history and timeless vicissitudes of the emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Curated by Roberta Martinelli, Director of Museo delle Residenze Napoleoniche of Elba Island.
Written by Monica Guarraccino, expert of 19th century Tuscany History.