Welcome to Napoleon on
St Helena
1815-1821
Michael Fass will be making his first Podcast about Napoleon’s exile and death on St Helena, on Thursday 16th November 2023 at 19.00 hours.
Napoleon was sent to the remote island in the South Atlantic almost immediately after his defeat at Waterloo in June 1815 and he never returned. He was guarded by HM 66th Foot (Berkshire) by land and by the Royal Navy’s Island Squadron by sea.
The 66th had a long and distinguished history having fought with great gallantry and the crossing of the Douro and the battles of Albuera and Talavera.
At Albuera their Second Battalion was almost destroyed by Polish Lancers who had been offered a sovereign for each British soldier killed.
Michael’s talk details Napoleon’s exile and the role of the 66th in his imprisonment.
Tickets are available from Eventbrite
The Final Years
...After his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, Napoleon spent his final years in exile on St Helena imprisoned by the British Government. It was here that he fought his last campaign continually baiting his British gaolers. During the morning he dictated the memoire of his triumphs both civil and military and afternoons he worked in his garden or rode around the grounds of his prison estate.Read More
St Helena
...Napoleon fought his last campaign whilst he was imprisoned in exile on St Helena. Repeated skirmishes were fought over such petty issues of the quantity of wines consumed by his Household; his involvement with a number of local women across the island and his health, ever afterwards claimed by the French to have been caused by arsenic poisoning.Read More
The Atlantic World
…For over 17 years Britain and France had clashed repeatedly in struggles across the Atlantic World. From Buenos Aires in South America, to Wexford in Ireland and Manchester in England, the ideas of revolutionary France had spread by insurrection, rebellion and revolution. Even after his defeat at Waterloo in 1815, people still looked to Napoleon to secure their liberty.Read More
London
...Where those responsible for Napoleon’s imprisonment were determined that he should never return to Europe whose victorious rulers were intent on the restoration of peace throughout the Continent. Post-war economic recession and demands for political change led to riots across Northern towns and cities as the Alien Office kept watch on liberal sympathisers.Read More
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1815
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1816
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1817
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1818
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1819
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1820
Napoleon on St Helena timeline
1821