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Napoleon gets to Rochefort-sur-Mer, hoping to get on a ship to America. He is blocked by the British fleet and, fearing they will hand him over to the royalists, Napoleon requests the English to give him hospitality.
15 July
He leaves the Isle of Aix on board the Bellerophon. Betrayed by the English, he is deported to Sainte-Helena(off the African coast) on board the Northumberland. With him are Generals Gourgaud, Bertrand, Montholon, the Count de las Cases, and the English doctor O'Meara.
History's Greatest Love Affairs Podcast
This one needs an introduction. This isn't a history podcast in the true sense of the word. Rather a highly artistic musical telling of the story, with readings of napoleon's love letters. If you want something original give this a shot. There is long into music.
Napoleon Bonaparte's amours are almost as well known as his battles. One of his loves proved the exception by remaining devoted to him in a peculiarly sanguine fashion for the rest of her life. What was he thinking as she waved farewell from the shore as he sailed off to exile? This multipart series quotes from their letters and is accompanied by period music from Scarlatti. Movie buffs will recognize the title as a 1937 movie starring Charles Boyer and Greta Garbo which chronicled the passion of "N" and Marie, Countess Walewska
BBC Radio about Napoleon
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Jim Muir reports from the site where he spoke to the Nelson's and Napoleon's descendants
