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 ...

the Governor of St Helena. Napoleon was banished to the remote south Atlantic outpost in 1815 after his devastating defeat at Waterloo. Colonel Wynyard, who came to the island in 1816, seemingly ...

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

The film depicts the final years of Napoleon between 1815 and 1821 during his period of exile on the British Atlantic island of Saint Helena following his defeat at Waterloo.

This picture shows the scene in Torbay on 7th August 1815, when Napoleon was transferred from the Bellerophon to HMS Northumberland for transportation to exile in the island of St. Helena.

Saint Helena was annexed from the East India Company for the duration of Napoleon’s exile, along with Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha, the former of which was reinforced to defend against ...

Historically, the island is known for Napoleon Bonaparte having been placed in exile there in 1815. He died on the island in 1821. St Helena's nearest neighbor is Ascension Island, 1 100km to the ...