Project Gutenberg 2011-01-22 Public domain in the USA. 214 Reed, Helen Leah 1926 07034325 Napoleon's Young Neighbor Produced by Heather Clark, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "Napoleon's Young Neighbor" by Helen Leah Reed is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The story is set in the years following Napoleon Bonaparte's defeat and his exile to the remote island of St. Helena. It follows the life of a young girl named Betsy Balcombe, who is particularly intrigued and disturbed by the arrival of the infamous Napoleon as a neighbor and political prisoner, bringing the complexities of history into her once-quiet life. At the start of the narrative, the Balcombe family, living in an idyllic cottage on St. Helena, receives the shocking news of Napoleon's imminent arrival from Elba as a prisoner due to his defeat at Waterloo. Young Betsy, initially terrified, grapples with the dichotomy of viewing Napoleon as a monster and as a human being who will live among them. Her feelings evolve as she begins to interact with the Emperor, discovering his charm and intellect, leading to a budding friendship that transforms her perception of him amidst the backdrop of war and political turmoil. The opening chapters set the stage for an exploration of innocence lost, the nature of heroism, and the strange coexistence of personal and historical narratives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.4 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Captivity, 1815-1821 DC Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels 318943 2025-07-14T09:11:41.256276 text/html 318212 2011-01-22T17:27:30 text/html 533054 2025-07-14T09:11:48.532264 application/epub+zip 537420 2025-07-14T09:11:44.214316 application/epub+zip 181950 2025-07-14T09:11:43.003299 application/epub+zip 728405 2025-07-14T09:11:51.840272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 706575 2025-07-14T09:11:47.741272 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317542 2022-09-16T06:38:16.382187 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 301313 2025-07-14T09:11:40.606306 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 301103 2011-01-22T17:27:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 301103 2011-01-22T17:27:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20741 2025-07-14T09:11:51.969605 application/rdf+xml 14704 2025-07-14T09:11:43.500301 image/jpeg 4128 2025-07-14T09:11:43.250287 image/jpeg 113161 2011-01-22T17:27:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 453760 2011-01-22T17:27:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 113080 2011-01-22T17:27:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 523795 2025-07-14T09:11:41.296343 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia