On April 12, 1814, Napoleon picked up a pen and renounced his throne. Once master over an empire of seventy million people, he would now become the emperor of the tiny island of Elba. His enemies ...

Once the ruler of nearly all of Europe, Napoleon found himself confined to an island ten miles long and six miles wide. On Elba, he had at least been an Emperor. On St. Helena he was a prisoner ...

Napoleon, in his personal and romantic life, was on an island. Conquest transports us to August 1814, when Napoleon is exiled on Elba Island. The historical background is that the Treaty of ...

A group of sworn Napoleon supporters decide to inform the emperor of the plans for his release from captivity on Elba. They send a messenger off to the island, but because one of the conspirators ...

Just down the road from the petite Airbnb in which I’m currently staying on the outskirts of Paris is the home of Alexander ...

However, after his final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's fate was sealed, and he was exiled once more-this time to the far-off island of St. Helena. His first exile on Elba inspired ...

Embraced by the warm, crystalline waters of the Tyrrhenian Sea, just off the west coast of Italy’s Tuscan shoreline, Isola ...

In 2022, Ridley Scott’s Napoleon made full use of Mdina’s streets, squares and palaces to stand in for both 19 th century ...

After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him.