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As the honorary French consul on the British island of St. Helena, he oversees Longwood House, Napoleon Bonaparte’s home in exile from 1815 to 1821, the last years of his life. Dancoisne ...
PARIS, Nov. 30.-M. Frédéric Masson had something interesting to say recently about the Napoleon "relics" on the Island of St. Helena. His remarks were brought out in an interview bearing upon a ...
French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte was riding high as he brokered peace with England for the first time in a decade, retook ...
Born on the island of Corsica in 1769, Napoleon Bonaparte came to prominence as a brilliant military commander during the French Revolution. After taking power in Paris in November 1799, Napoleon made ...
Colonel Edward Buckley Wynyard was the former military secretary to Sir Hudson Lowe, the Governor of St Helena. Napoleon was banished to the remote south Atlantic outpost in 1815 after his ...
Napoleon at Saint Helena (German: Napoleon auf Sankt Helena) is a 1929 German silent historical film directed by Lupu Pick and starring Werner Krauss, Hanna Ralph and Albert Bassermann.
When I noticed that Aug. 15 is Napoleon’s 253rd birthday, I recalled a dinner I had several years ago with an elderly surgeon. He had amassed a remarkable collection of medical historical ...
We witness the 1793 Siege of Toulon, the 1799 coup d’état of 18 Brumaire, Napoleon’s coronation in 1804, the Battle of Austerlitz in 1805, and both his exiles on Elba and St. Helena.