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-o...
History of the island: https://www.britannica.com/place/Sain...
Battle of Leipzig: https://www.history.com/topics/france...
Napoleon’s downfall: https://www.britannica.com/biography/...
Longwood House history: https://sainthelenaisland.info/longwo...
Napoleon at Longwood: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel...
Napoleon’s fall and exile on Elba: https://shannonselin.com/2016/02/how-...
https://www.historytoday.com/napoleon...
https://time.com/3714089/napoleon-exi...
Escape from Elba: https://www.history.com/news/elba-exi...
The Hundred Days: https://www.britannica.com/event/Hund...
https://historycollection.co/napoleon...
Exile on St Helena: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK...
Napoleon on St Helena: https://shannonselin.com/2015/10/napo...
Why St Helena? https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-o...
Escape plans and shenanigans: https://shannonselin.com/2013/11/coul...
Napoleon’s death: https://www.historyextra.com/period/g...