![]() ![]() He managed to escape after less than a year on Elba, in February 1815. In true style, Napoleon immediately busied himself with building projects, widespread reforms and creating a small army and navy. Napoleon was allowed to retain his imperial title, and was permitted jurisdiction over the island. ![]() With 12,000 inhabitants, and only 20km from the Tuscan coast, it was hardly remote or isolating. The Allies decided to exile Napoleon to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean. ![]() But how did Napoleon meet such an inglorious end? 1. Misogynist, hero, villain, despot, the greatest military commander of all time? Despite the power and influence he once held in Europe, Napoleon’s death, in exile on the island of St Helena in 1821, was a sad fate for a man who had once controlled such a large empire. Napoleon Bonaparte: a man whose legacy splits opinion 200 hundred years after his death. ![]()
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