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St. Helena, ‘Cursed Rock’ of Napoleon’s Exile – New York Times


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St. Helena, 'Cursed Rock' of Napoleon's Exile
New York Times
I STOOD on the aft deck of the 128-passenger Royal Mail Ship St. Helena in the gloom of a predawn morning last fall, my eyes riveted to an island that seemed to rise from the scalloped sea, a ruined cathedral of volcanic rock shrouded in mist.

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