7 unforgettable experiences in St Helena—from exhilarating hikes to Napoleon’s former home in exile
Travellers to this remote South Atlantic island are rewarded with rugged hiking trails, underwater adventures and the chance to meet the world’s oldest living land animal. Here are seven unmissable ...
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St Helena prepares to commemorate the bicentennial of Napoleon's death
As many Friends of the British Overseas Territories will know, soon after Waterloo Napoleon was exiled to Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, forming the now-British Overseas Territory’s main ...
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Napoleon used years on St Helena to learn English
Written in Napoleon’s spidery handwriting, the remnants of his lessons from a French count also in exile on Saint Helena show how the headstrong leader doodled to combat boredom, and struggled ...
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Book Review: Napoleon’s Commentaries on the Wars of Julius Caesar
This little work, composed when the former Emperor was in exile on St. Helena, and Englished by retired engineer ... he might also have added a few maps. Nevertheless, Napoleon’s Commentaries on the ...
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The world’s most remote island open to tourists no longer takes five nights to get to
Perhaps best known as the site of Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile from 1815 until his death in 1821, St Helena features multiple ... Card app and offline Google maps before you arrive, as Wi-Fi ...