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 ...

Image courtesy of Flickr user David Stanley Upon his death in 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte was buried down the road from his St. Helena home, Longwood House. In 1840, his remains were dug up and moved ...

Instead of the Tuileries Gardens of the French capital, St. Helena has the gardens of Longwood House, his longterm home, which provide an ocean of color on this stark island. Instead of the ...

St. Helena’s capital. A memorial to the 41 people from the RFA Darkdale “who have no grave but the sea” sits on the waterfront. Longwood House was prone to damp and roaming rats. Napoleon ...

When Napoleon first arrived in Saint Helena he stayed at The Briars, the home of an English merchant, before he was moved to Longwood, a house originally built for the island’s lieutenant governor.

Saint Helena is perhaps best known as the place where the deposed French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled from 1815 until his death in 1821. Longwood House, where the emperor lived—and died ...

Instead of the Tuileries Gardens of the French capital, St. Helena has the gardens of Longwood House, his longterm home, which provide an ocean of color on this stark island. Instead of the ...

St. Helena’s capital. A memorial to the 41 people from the RFA Darkdale “who have no grave but the sea” sits on the waterfront. Longwood House was prone to damp and roaming rats. Napoleon ...