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 ...

He wished, he said, "to reside in a country house near London ... all of Europe, Napoleon found himself confined to an island ten miles long and six miles wide. On Elba, he had at least been ...

A group of sworn Napoleon supporters decide to inform the emperor of the plans for his release from captivity on Elba. They send a messenger off to the island, but because one of the conspirators ...

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) escaped from his exile on the island of Elba and headed to Paris with his troops. When he landed on the French mainland, a French newspaper referred to him ...

Elba is a place dripping in romance and lore, where Napoleon chose to spend a year ... the bistecca di manzo to the homemade focaccia. House wines are made onsite, and the tables are set up ...