As Napoleon explained to Dr. Barry O’Meara, the Irish doctor who looked after him during his final years in exile on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena (1815-1821): “Had I known in 1806 ...

In honor of the romantic holiday, we've decided to crown the French military and political leader Napoléon Bonaparte's letters to his ... on his death bed in St. Helena in 1821: "France, l ...

KAUFFMANN: No one escapes from St. Helena. This far-away island, this isolated piece of rock, beaten by the winds, sinister. When Napoleon sees this fortress for the first time, he understands ...

On June 15, 1919, a young bride named Melina “Addie” Converse sent a letter from Massachusetts to her husband, U.S. Army Sgt. Jack Converse, who was stationed in Paris, France. Converse never ...

The rest of the committee is made up mostly of historians specializing in Napoleon’s life, with some having St Helena experience such as the aforementioned Michael Binyon, and finally the ...