Assassination at St. Helena revisited / [electronic resource] Ben Weider and Sten Forshufvud ; with forewords by David G. Chandler and David C. Hamilton-Williams.

Rev. and expanded ed. of: Assassination at St. Helena / Sten Forshufvud and Ben Weider. 1st. ed. 1978.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 543-546) and index.

1: Discovery and accusation -- The Forshufvud thesis -- The making of an investigator -- History's debt to Louis Marchand -- Death under medical direction -- The post-mortem "reconvened" -- For history's judgment -- 2: The victim -- Man and legend -- Fortune's favorite -- A man for all occasions -- Via Egypt to high office -- Legacies of leadership -- The struggle for a throne -- A man for power and glory -- To Moscow and defeat -- From Leipzig to abdication and Elba -- The hundred days -- Prelude to exile -- 3: The tragedy at Longwood -- Toward other stars -- On stage with Napoleon -- Table talk of the last journey -- A guest of the Balcombes -- The move to Longwood -- "The servants admit Harlots at night" -- A brave soldier is afraid, a bodyguard removed -- Enter Sir Hudson: the climate worsens -- Cockburn relieved, Montholon reinforced -- A painful and disappointing year -- One drama and three producers -- Another depressing new year -- Only two originals remain -- The murder of Cipriani -- Two other witnesses leave St. Helena -- The Napoleonic cult revived -- A new physician arrives--and leaves -- Madame Montholon is sent packing -- A new physician and two priests -- Once more to horse -- Montholon writes prophetically -- Montholon impugns other witnesses -- Time for antimony: Montholon plays nurse -- A sick body but a sound mind -- Legacies and bitter almonds -- The last sacraments -- The coup de grâce -- The certificate of death -- Montholon produces alibis -- Napoleon's mythical attempts at suicide -- Montholon after St. Helena -- Death of l'Aiglon -- The revenant -- Montholons' approach to Napoleon.