After being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, the dethroned emperor of France was confined by Britain to a remote South Atlantic island. From the perpetual fog of Longwood and the constant clashes with the British governor, to the advance of his fatal illness and the writing of his memoirs, the tragic final exile of Napoleon Bonaparte went on.
After being defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, the dethroned emperor of France was confined by Britain to a remote South Atlantic island. From the perpetual fog of Longwood and the constant clashes with the British governor, to the advance of his fatal illness and the writing of his memoirs, the tragic final exile of Napoleon Bonaparte went on.
After he dominated much of Europe, Napoleon Bonaparte spent the last years of his life away from the continent, on an island isolated from the south of the Atlantic. His exile meant the end of his political ambitions, but also the beginning of a legend.