Before death in exile, Napoleon fought to save his legacy


  • World
  • Friday, 30 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO The statue of Napoleon I in chasseur uniform 1962 by French sculptor Pierre Stenne atop the Column of the Grande Armee is silhouetted in front of a full moon known as the quotSuper Pink Moonquot in Wimille near Boulogne-sur-Mer France April 26 2021. REUTERSSarah Meyssonnier

FILE PHOTO: The statue of Napoleon I in chasseur uniform (1962) by French sculptor Pierre Stenne, atop the Column of the Grande Armee, is silhouetted in front of a full moon, known as the "Super Pink Moon", in Wimille, near Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

PARIS (Reuters) - As the bicentenary of Napoleon Bonaparte's death draws closer, an exhibition at Les Invalides in Paris sheds light on his death in exile and his efforts to save his legacy as military genius and visionary leader.

Banished by the British to the windswept, rat-infested island of Saint Helena in the south Atlantic, Napoleon, surrounded by a coterie of close confidantes, wrote his memoir, according historian Lea Charliquart, who co-curated the exhibition, called 'Napoleon is no more'.

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