Elba is the largest island of the Tuscan archipelago and the third-largest in Italy (behind Sardinia and Sicily). With its beautiful beaches and clear blue water, it is a popular getaway for beach ...

THERE is a stunning Mediterranean island three hours from Ireland that boasts Europe’s largest marine park, 150 beaches and ...

Instead, they sent him back into exile and took no chances that ... who insisted on calling Napoleon General Bonaparte. Only one weapon was left him — words. With words, he would launch his ...

During his exile he admitted that if he had been ... themselves to raising 150,000 men in order to defeat Napoleon. The only chance Bonaparte had of causing this alliance to fail was to prevent ...

On March 1, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French Emperor who had been defeated a year earlier, returned to France after a year of exile. Historian John Schmidt recalls this moment in history which ...

If it could happen in France, it could happen anywhere. Vintage engraving of Napoleon Bonaparte at Auxonne, in the Cote-d'Or department in the Burgundy region of eastern France, 1788. From the ...

By Nick Sundin – The United Kingdom commemorated in June 2015 the bicentenary of the Battle of Waterloo, marking the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte ... Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in ...

‘The Exile’s Departure’ courtesy of: Torre Abbey Historic House and Art Gallery, Torquay, copyright Torbay Council. Following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo (1815) Napoleon ...