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NAPOLEON ON ST HELENA
1815-1821
Napoleon in exile 1815-1821
Napoleon died in exile on St Helena on the 5th May 1821 and world-wide interest can be expected on the bi-centenary of his death in 2021.
My website recreates the period of his exile on the island, encompassing key historical events in the North and South America, across the Revolutionary World and on the island of St Helena itself. Here, Napoleon and his gaolers fought continual battles over wine, women and wallpaper. Visit Death by Wallpaper to read intriguing aspects of Napoleon’s last campaign and sing-a-long to Soldiers Ditties .
Thank you for visiting. If you would like to get in touch you can send a message via my Contact page and the Forum is available should you wish to post a comment. Michael Fass
NEWS - New article HM 66th Foot was released mid November 2020.
Browse to it from the St. Helena menu or click below.
HM 66th Foot
"By beat of drum or otherwise to raise so many men in any county or part of our Kingdom of Great Britain as are or shall be wanting to recruit in our 66th Regiment of Foot under your command to the numbers allowed upon the establishment."
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