On April 12, 1814, Napoleon picked up a pen and renounced his throne. Once master over an empire of seventy million people, he would now become the emperor of the tiny island of Elba. His enemies ...

By 1808, Napoleon had installed his brother Joseph as the king of Spain and sent 118,000 soldiers across into Spain to insure his rule. Determined to bend the Spanish people to his will ...

Explore the island of Elba's flavors, from fresh seafood to handmade pasta and local wine, at Italian restaurants, wine bars, and a bakery on the largest of the islands in the Tuscan Archipelago.

Elba is a place dripping in romance and lore, where Napoleon chose to spend a year of his exile and where a tragic love between two local legends inspired a locally loved annual festival.