Fourteen year old Elizabeth Lucia (Betsy) Balcombe who lived next door to Longwood House where Napoleon was in exile became the family translator.
The Napoleonic Wars ended with Napoleon's exile to St. Helena after the Battle of Waterloo.
He had his 100 days, met his Waterloo and was then exiled to St. Helena.
In addition to the two languages he spoke from a young age (French and Italian), it appears that Napoleon set about also learning English. Count Emmanuel Las Cases was with him on St Helena an taught him English. During these lessons Napoleon made notes (simple English sentences) and these were kept, and can still be seen in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon Bonaparte.
The Napoleonic Wars ended with Napoleon's exile to St. Helena after the Battle of Waterloo.
Guerilla Warfare in Spain, the defeat by the Russian Winter and his Military Defeat at Waterloo. His final defeat was to stomach cancer at St. Helena Island on 5 May 1821.
He had his 100 days, met his Waterloo and was then exiled to St. Helena.
In addition to the two languages he spoke from a young age (French and Italian), it appears that Napoleon set about also learning English. Count Emmanuel Las Cases was with him on St Helena an taught him English. During these lessons Napoleon made notes (simple English sentences) and these were kept, and can still be seen in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
On St Helena Island in the South Atlantic.
Saint Helena
St. Helena.
The island of St. Helena
With his exile to St. Helena.
the helena isles
His memoirs.
Napoleon Bonaparte.