Napoleon's ten months on Elba
1814–1815 · Event
Sovereign of an island of twelve thousand souls, Napoleon reorganises Elba's iron mines, roads and tiny navy with undiminished energy — while reading the Paris papers, noting the Bourbons' blunders, and waiting. His pension unpaid and his wife and son withheld, he decides the gamble is worth it.
On these timelines: Napoleon's Downfall, Napoleonic Wars, Master, France
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