Napoleon commissioned the sword, filled with classical motifs, after being elected as consul for life by the senate in 1802.

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 ...

They needed a prison for the most dangerous man in the World. Napoleon had seized supreme power in France. He’d marched his ...

The rest of the committee is made up mostly of historians specializing in Napoleon’s life, with some having St Helena experience such as the aforementioned Michael Binyon, and finally the ...

BERTAUD: He orders a painting after a victory ... and one of the most remote places on earth — St. Helena. KAUFFMANN: No one escapes from St. Helena. This far-away island, this isolated piece ...

“Here on St Helena there is a promising future for holidays hinging on Napoleon, certainly up to 2021, the bicentenary of the emperor’s death.” ”Three areas are open to the ...