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Napoleon Exile on St Helena Described in Stamp Imagery
A narrative of Napoleon’s exile on St Helena from 1815, his resistance to guards and governor Sir Hudson Lowe, growing illness and delirium, and his death in May 1821. The piece notes the island’s isolation and features a 1834 stamp showing the Quay of Longwood where his coffin was lowered amid military salutes.
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Little Island
England
Cape Town
St Helena
South Atlantic
Napoleon
Hudson Lowe
Napoteon
St. Helena
Island
Daves