KAUFFMANN: No one escapes from St. Helena. This far-away island, this isolated piece of rock, beaten by the winds, sinister. When Napoleon sees this fortress for the first time, he understands ...

As Napoleon explained to Dr. Barry O’Meara, the Irish doctor who looked after him during his final years in exile on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena (1815-1821): “Had I known in 1806 ...

Elba is the largest island of the Tuscan archipelago and the third-largest in Italy (behind Sardinia and Sicily). With its beautiful beaches and clear blue water, it is a popular getaway for beach ...

A remote island, renowned for being the place of Napoleon's exile, will soon open its doors to tourists. St Helena, a small and rugged island nestled in the South Atlantic Ocean, has remained ...

Napoleon would have to crush the massive Austrian army to bring him to the negotiations table. From marshy Lobau Island west of Vienna, Napoleon's army launched an attack against the Austrians on ...

What shaped Napoleon? Read on to find out ... a mere year after the French purchased the island from the Genoese government. Although his family had minor aristocratic roots, life was tough ...

The Death of Napoleon: A Play in Less Than Three Acts not only humorously explored the twilight years of one of history's most iconic figures on the small island of Saint Helena, but also looked ...

Napoleon’s signed edition of the civil code, a leather-bound collection of laws introduced under his reign, was sold at ...