Exiled Napoleon's island home recreated in Paris exhibition
PARIS (AP) — France's national army museum has recreated the home where Napoleon lived his final years, bringing furniture and belongings from the remote Atlantic Island of St. Helena to Paris for the first time since he was exiled there 200 years ago.
The exhibition that opens Wednesday offers a flavor of the atmosphere of the damp, rat-infested Longwood House, where the emperor spent his last years as a prisoner of the British government, surrounded by books and souvenirs.
In total, 240 pieces of art, pieces of furniture, objects and documents are exhibited, including Napoleon's bath tub, his camp bed, his uniform and his famous hat, the "bicorne."