Napoleon was sent into exile there in 1815 and died on the island in 1821; the relatively few tourists who make it to remote St. Helena are likely to visit Longwood House, where the deposed French ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...