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not really but i do need info on napoleon bonaparte and his second exile. i need to no when how and where he was killed during his second exile

2006-11-15 02:45:43 · 4 answers · asked by lucky 2 in Education & Reference Homework Help

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Here's a great link for you:
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/

and another:
http://www.napoleonbonaparte.nl/

Exile in Saint Helena and death

Napoléon on the Bellerophon at Plymouth, before his exile to Saint HelenaNapoleon was imprisoned and then exiled by the British to the island of Saint Helena (2,800 km off the Bight of Guinea in the South Atlantic Ocean) from 15 October 1815. Whilst there, with a small cadre of followers, he dictated his memoirs and criticized his captors. Sick for much of his time on Saint Helena, Napoleon died on 5 May 1821. His last words were: “Tête d’Armée!” (Head of Army!)[6][7]. His heritage was distributed to his close followers like the General Marbot, whom he asked to continue his writings on the "Grandeur de la France".

Napoleon had asked in his will to be buried on the banks of the Seine, but was buried on Saint Helena, in the "valley of the willows". In 1840, his remains were taken to France in the frigate Belle-Poule and was to be entombed in a porphyry sarcophagus at Les Invalides, Paris. However, Egyptian porphyry (used for the tombs of Roman emperors) was unavailable, so red quartzite was obtained--but from Russian Finland, eliciting protests from those who still remembered the Russians as enemies. Hundreds of millions have visited his tomb since that date. A replica of his simple Saint Helena tomb is also found at Les Invalides.


Cause of death
The cause of Napoleon's death has been disputed on numerous occasions, and the controversy remains to this day. Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's personal physician, gave stomach cancer as a reason for Napoleon's death in his death certificate.

In 1955, the diaries of Louis Marchand, Napoléon's valet, appeared in print. He describes Napoléon in the months leading up to his death, and led many, most notably Sten Forshufvud and Ben Weider, to conclude that he had been killed by arsenic poisoning. Arsenic was at the time sometimes used as a poison as it was undetectable when administered over a long period of time. Arsenic was also used in some wallpaper, as a green pigment, and even in some patent medicines. As Napoleon's body was found to be remarkably well-preserved when it was moved in 1840, it gives support to the arsenic theory, as arsenic is a strong preservative. In 2001, Pascal Kintz, of the Strasbourg Forensic Institute in France, added credence to this claim with a study of arsenic levels found in a lock of Napoleon's hair preserved after his death: they were seven to thirty-eight times higher than normal.

Cutting up hairs into short segments and analysing each segment individually provides a histogram of arsenic concentration in the body. This analysis on hair from Napoléon suggests that large but non-lethal doses were absorbed at random intervals. The arsenic severely weakened Napoléon and remained in his system.

2006-11-15 02:53:57 · answer #1 · answered by JaneB 7 · 0 1

www.yahoo.com go to the search box...then with your keyboard type napoleon bonaparte...you can even add second exile if you are feeling rebellious. scroll down and find a website that looks legit. click on the website. read website and copy down your answers.

2006-11-15 03:09:28 · answer #2 · answered by Michael D 5 · 0 0

google it
or!

askjeeves

2006-11-15 02:47:56 · answer #3 · answered by *Bella Reveuse* 3 · 1 0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France ...this should tell you everything you need

2006-11-15 02:59:02 · answer #4 · answered by Saphira 3 · 0 1

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