After the battle the captured Napoleon was held offshore until the decision was made to transport him to exile and imprisonment  on the island of St Helena. There he was taken with a limited entourage in a British warship.

He arrived in 1805 and preparations were made - he finished up being held in Longwood House.

 We are pleased to report that this was  no grand house - rather a series of small rooms all leading through each other in a circle. The Emperor must have been very frustrated. He fell out with some of his colleagues and suffered various illnesses. He died in Longwood House in 1821 after being held for five and a half years.

 

Arthur inspects the tomb.

During some of his walkabouts on the island he chose a very peaceful final resting place as he could not imagine Britain ever letting his remains return to France.   Napoleons remains were eventually exhumed and returned to be interred at Les Invalides in Paris.