Longwood House: The Super Prison Built to Hold Napoleon

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Source/Further reading:

St Helena, island prison: https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/saint-helena-prison-island/
History of the island: https://www.britannica.com/place/Saint-Helena-island-South-Atlantic-Ocean/History
Battle of Leipzig: https://www.history.com/topics/france/battle-of-leipzig
Napoleon’s downfall: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I/Downfall-and-abdication
Longwood House history: https://sainthelenaisland.info/longwoodhouse.htm
Napoleon at Longwood: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/journey-st-helen-home-napoleon-last-days-180971638/
Napoleon’s fall and exile on Elba: https://shannonselin.com/2016/02/how-did-napoleon-escape-from-elba/
https://www.historytoday.com/napoleon-elba-1814
https://time.com/3714089/napoleon-exile-history/
Escape from Elba: https://www.history.com/news/elba-exile-napoleon-escape
The Hundred Days: https://www.britannica.com/event/Hundred-Days-French-history
https://historycollection.co/napoleons-hundred-days-legendary-french-commander-met-waterloo/
Exile on St Helena: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Napoleons-Exile-on-St-Helena/
Napoleon on St Helena: https://shannonselin.com/2015/10/napoleons-arrival-at-st-helena/
Why St Helena? https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/why-st-helena/
Escape plans and shenanigans: https://shannonselin.com/2013/11/could-napoleon-have-escaped-from-st-helena/
Napoleon’s death: https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/where-when-what-killed-napoleon-bonaparte-died-st-helena-was-murdered/