Napoleon's Last Island.

Napoleon’s Last Island (2016) by Thomas Keneally is a work of historical nonfiction that examines Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile on St Helena within the broader political and imperial context of the early nineteenth century. Moving beyond a strictly biographical focus, Keneally situates Napoleon’s confinement within the structures of British imperial administration and the social life of the island itself, emphasizing the interaction between global power and local circumstance. Drawing on archival research and narrative historical method, the study interprets St Helena as a strategic and symbolic space, framing Napoleon’s final years as both a personal denouement and a revealing episode in the operation of empire.