Napoleon leaving Elba by Joseph Beaume, 1836 In April 1814, with a European coalition occupying Par

Napoleon leaving Elba by Joseph Beaume, 1836

In April 1814, with a European coalition occupying Paris, Napoleon Bonaparte was forced to abdicate the French throne. He was sent into exile on Elba, a small Mediterranean island located 260 km (160 miles) south of France and 10 km (6 miles) west of the Italian coastline. Ten months later, in one of those life-is-stranger-than-fiction episodes, Napoleon managed to spirit himself off the island and regain the French crown. To find out how and why Napoleon escaped from Elba, see: https://shannonselin.com/2016/02/how-did-napoleon-escape-from-elba/.