On April 12, 1814, Napoleon picked up a pen and renounced his throne. Once master over an empire of seventy million people, he would now become the emperor of the tiny island of Elba. His enemies ...

During the last months of 1814, Napoleon grew bored playing at Emperor of Elba. He never took his eye off France, where the Allies had made the mistake of restoring an eager but weak Bourbon king ...

On March 20, 1815 Napoleon arrived in Paris after defying fate, fleeing the island of Elba to regain the throne he had lost in the Russian steppes. Alone, he toured France facing the battalions ...