Longwood House: The Super Prison Built to Hold Napoleon

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

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@geographicstravel 4 года назад

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@WestVicOffroad 4 года назад

Napoleons penis escaped!

@konplayz 4 года назад

@davesmith7432 3 года назад

Simon, after watching this, I actually dislike Napoleon even more than I thought I could. What a d bag

@russellcroweisfat5605 3 года назад

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@scheimong 4 года назад

The way you kill a man's soul is to give him nothing to do. Napolean's exile may appear luxurious but man was it psychologically brutal.

@mashrien 4 года назад

Give a man somebody to love.. If you can't do that, give him something to hope for.. If you can't even do that, just give him something to do.

@DarthAwar 4 года назад

He was a prisoner and killed or had killed or got killed through bad decisions more man then anyone else in history apart from maybe Hitler!!!!

@gekyumebelike8988 4 года назад

@@DarthAwar Mao Zedong was actually the deadliest man in history

@adamr9215 4 года назад

Darth Awar Lmao, Hitler doesn’t even make the top 5. Stalin killed far more than him. And Mao killed hundreds of time why both Hitler and Stalin combined. Various Muslim leaders fill in the rest of the top 10 since they have been trying to wipe out Jews and Christians since before they were even recognized religions.

@mondaysinsanity8193 4 года назад

@@DarthAwar without napoleon monarchy would have existed far longer in Europe. He saved far more than he killed.

@michaelhughes9553 4 года назад

Longwood house: social distancing before it was hip.

@jmsmith1767 4 года назад

Michael Hughes 🤣🤣🤣

@theviewer7262 4 года назад

We're all dead😔

@squamish4244 3 года назад

Bro, too soon.

@robertwalker-smith2739 3 года назад

From what I've read, he did an excellent job of ruling Elba. It would have been an interesting turn of fate if he'd lived out his life there and passed Elba on to his son.

@jeffwolcott7815 8 месяцев назад

Not sure if that could happen since the Treaty of Fontainebleau stated Elba to be a non-hereditary principality. Still if he stayed I'm sure Napoleon would have done what he could to change that detail.

@adeletaylor6143 4 года назад

Simon Whistler: World domination one RU-vid channel at a time.

@adeletaylor6143 4 года назад

I shall shave my head in tribute

@bigmcdick4916 4 года назад

Which island shall we gift him when he eventually makes the mistake of invading Russia?

@charlescrocco7896 4 года назад

Big McDick Simon will just conquer Russia via VisualPolitik videos

@archstanton6102 4 года назад

@@bigmcdick4916 Isle of Man

@adeletaylor6143 4 года назад

@@bigmcdick4916 Simon will not make that mistake. He will walk into Red Square and challenge Putin to a good old fashioned duel. Winner takes all.

@linda10989 4 года назад

5:39 "French Thanos" 🤣 I'm a little drunk right now but I found that hilarious!

@acesul8811 4 года назад

And that there is the target audience for this poorly researched tabloid drek.

@linda10989 4 года назад

@@acesul8811 If you're referring to the channel, Simon has over 250K subs. If you are referring to me personally, I guess I'm the only person whose level of alcohol consumption has increased over the last month? Didn't think so.

@drdre4397 3 года назад

@@acesul8811 Is a youtube comment the only place you are able to feel the power and control you lack in the rest of your life? Is that why you are such a C U Next Tuesday?

@joachimosmundsen5571 4 года назад

Should be mentioned that at the battle of Waterloo, Napoleons generals and commanders were not what they used to be, it was closer to the C-team and not the Elite A-team he was used to. His team around him made mistake after mistake, making everything harder. Napoleon was of course not what he used to be, but most things went against him after Russia, his luck had not only run out, but there was just bad luck ahead

@ddpp1268 4 года назад

The moment I heard that napoleon made up escape plans, (possibly to mess with Lowe), all I could think of is how funny the imprisonment could be as a comedy/historical tv show.

@sloth8598 3 года назад

I smell another season of Blackadder.

@Chris-hx3om 3 года назад

@@sloth8598 Or Hogan's Heroes...

@actezla 4 года назад

Video ends with a nod to the History Guy’, using his catch phrase. Both channels deserve crossover views.

@mattberg6816 4 года назад

Part 77 Surface history guy’s channel is really good

@brownbenplumm9027 4 года назад

The History Guy is a boss

@pingpong1138 3 года назад

You could say that they both *puts on sunglasses* deserve to be remembered

@sherylcascadden4988 Год назад

Only started listening to Simon this year, Been listening to The History Guy since before pandemic. Both are great!

@ignitionfrn2223 3 года назад

1:40 - Chapter 1 - The 1st alcatraz 4:30 - Chapter 2 - Life of an empire 11:15 - Mid roll ads 12:50 - Chapter 3 - The remotest island 15:50 - Chapter 4 - Decline & fall 19:15 - Chapter 5 - A forgotten piece of france

@inveniamviam4691 4 года назад

Whoa! I’ve been obsessed with St Helena island since I was a kid, can’t explain it. Just an isolated populated island in the middle of nowhere with a rich history was fascinating to me and I’m hoping to save up and finally visit next year. I almost couldn’t believe my favorite RU-vid channel made a video about the Longwood House! Brilliant, so glad this is getting the attention it deserves. :)

@larryfisher7056 4 года назад

I understand perfectly. I read about Napolean when I was about 10, nearly 60 years ago. I was also fascinated by the fact that he was exiled on a tiny island. I was finally able to visit St Helena last year as an ultimate bucket list item of mine. Two wonderful weeks exploring and mixing with the locals. I could have stayed much longer in retrospect. Some of the most warm and friendly people you'll ever meet.

@lukey883 4 года назад

I’m a native of the island. So good luck saving up enough to go there. It’s definitely worth a visit but not really much to do

@paulhartson1 3 года назад

Read that his harpsichord and other furniture had been restored. Made me interested in going there but that was unrealistic until the airport was opened

@kylemitchell5372 2 года назад

I've similarly been obsessed with Tristan da Cuhna since 1997 when I saw a TV news story about the world's most remote inhabited island getting it's first computer.

@Pichipieify Год назад

@@lukey883 its also one of my bucket list. After I retire, ill probably try to visit. Can i ask what is the easiest way to travel to saint helena?

@everettlethem6747 3 года назад

I would pay good money to see a movie about napoleon’s exile on Saint Helena.

@EJD339 4 месяца назад

It’d be a good movie. Could be a character study with some flashbacks

@TechWechSech 4 года назад

''Whenever I've tried to conquer the word, there have been consequenses.'' I felt that

@--enyo-- 4 года назад

TechWechSech Felt that in my bones

@spacemongkey1366 4 года назад

May i ask why u felt it?

@dickmonkey-king1271 3 года назад

@@spacemongkey1366 It's a joke. The joke is that he is inferring that he too has tried to conquer the world and he too has felt the consequences, just like Napoleon.

@alexanderveritas 4 года назад

Britain: Okay Napoleon we’ve had enough of you it’s time for your retirement. _Here’s a private island for you plus a lifetime pension, just try not to stage any coups okay._

@MassEffect1988 3 года назад

My whole family is from St Helena! 😊 I've been to Longwood House many times when I've visited the island 👍

@kullikikkeli1541 5 месяцев назад

Do locals still talk about Napoleon? Do they remember him?

@jmsmith1767 4 года назад

THANK YOU! I’m a High School Social Studies teacher in New York City (The Bronx) and have showed some of your videos in class but now that I’m teaching from home 1) I’m showing as many videos as I can to help make things fun! 2) I’ve been watching tons myself to stave off boredom

@harrisons62 4 года назад

Jason Smith this content isn’t very well researched, maybe teach your class instead of playing videos as the teachers who did that didn’t teach me anything no matter how cool the students thought they were.

@JeremyOuelletteNH 2 года назад

@@harrisons62 ok negative nancy, these videos are better researched and more far more objective than most textbooks, never mind other RU-vid videos. Also there are valid reasons teachers sometimes resort to showing videos. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, if they frame it in a healthy discussion, Q&A, etc.

@luckyarabr 2 года назад

Jajaja

@user-uv9zr8qs2c Год назад

Believe me, if you show them videos theyll just turn off the sound and do whatever they want bc videos means free time as theyre boring... we did this during online but at University not highschool

@user-uv9zr8qs2c Год назад

@@JeremyOuelletteNH they should at least find real historical stuff with references and actual books as evidence listed.. not a half assed video with false information

@Epiousios18 4 года назад

Weird hearing Germany, Prussia, and Austria referred to as the "Allies."

@Simonsvids 4 года назад

Traditionally for the British they were, as they are again.

@genesis2936 3 года назад

Bavaria was a French ally ! AH and Goering are from !

@bronxer78 4 года назад

Simon Whistler cracks me up: “Whenever I try to conquer the world... there are consequences.” 😂

@sburns2421 7 месяцев назад

While researching our family history, my mother discovered two of my direct ancestors (brothers) were British soldiers and on St. Helena as guards for Napoleon. As two of the youngest boys in the detail, they also had the job of being effectively Napoleon's garden help on the grounds of Longwood.

@edwardgilmour9013 4 года назад

Before he went to Longwood house/prison, he was held at the home of the Balcombe Family . The daughter moved to Australia and some of the Family settled on the Mornington Peninsular, at a place still called Balcombe. Later to become the Rest and Recovery place of the USMC 1st division and subsequently the Training camp of Army Tradesmen.

@theshadowman1398 4 года назад

I just recently checked out tickets to St. Helena. Damn they aren’t cheap.

@Dave_Sisson 4 года назад

Until a year or two ago, the only way to get there was a weeks voyage on a ship. Then the British built a 500 million pound airport to attract potential tourists like you.

@stevenpdxedu 4 года назад

I'll bet Napoleon wouldn't have balked at the price of a return ticket.

@JBDiamondCutter 4 года назад

Probably because of the near global shutdown of flights. It's gonna be pricey no matter what but it's a strange time for the airline industry.

@RuiRuichi 4 года назад

@@Dave_Sisson I had to look it up since 500 million for a very tiny airport seems too much. It's only a bit over and under half of that depending on how you look at it but that's pretty expensive for an unimpressive airport but I guess the logistics to get material and labor to the super remote island will drive up the costs. British airforce can use it so I guess it's really not a waste of money.

@alexgallagher4594 4 года назад

@@RuiRuichi also think about med-evac flghts. that airport has already saved many lives

@skyden24195 4 года назад

Who wouldn't like the guy who ordered his soldiers to blow up Bill & Ted, cheats at bowling, and cuts in line at water parks? ;-)

@danielkarlsson8850 4 года назад

The only Napoleon we know and love 😉

@kirbyculp3449 2 года назад

Don't forget the L'il Nappy that likes small people hitting each other.

@stevenpdxedu 4 года назад

Napoleon and his nephew were extensively presented in university European history and art history classes I had but I'm surprised that no mention whatever was made of "Longwood House". A serious omission that you have remedied nicely. Thanks you Simon, superior as always.

@robotjeans 4 года назад

Would have been interesting if he had made it to America.

@diltzm 4 года назад

It'd make a good alternate history hub video.

@kennyvr1392 4 года назад

imagene the napolic empire of america

@markmh835 4 года назад

New Orleans would have welcomed him with open arms.

@Raisonnance. 4 года назад

@@markmh835 Canada too.

@costakeith9048 4 года назад

He wouldn't have been well received, the American press of that period was every bit as viciously anti-Napoleon as the British press. He was seen as a usurper of the revolution, a petty despot, and a traitor to the cause of liberty.

@kodi1969 4 года назад

I spent a couple of years working on St Helena. Very rugged on the outside, but very much like a very hilly Cornwall or Devon on the inside. Gorgeous place, excellent diving in crystal clear unspoilt waters. Boney spent some time in a house called the briars, whilst Longwood was being finished, he became rather enamoured of the owners daughter. Longwood is now a museum, and France has an ambassador on St Helena. Whenever the saints have a celebration or big event. ( They have loads) he always dresses up as Napoleon

@AhmdsYT 2 года назад

I would love to see a sitcom based on Napoleon’s life! 😭😂

@realhorrorshow8547 4 года назад

"Super prison"? It's a house. Not a particularly nice house, but a house.

@biteme9486 4 года назад

The island itself is the super prison. If Boney tried to escape, they would’ve sent ships after him and he may not have even made it to Europe

@plumreid 4 года назад

Location location location.

@cocotaveras8975 4 года назад

Bite Me EXACTLY! It’s just a desolate rock in the middle of the South Atlantic!

@sonjapersch6074 4 года назад

And prisons are not houses?

@r.m.5548 3 года назад

@@sonjapersch6074 no, that's housing, not 'a' house. there's a difference, please seek your nearest dictionary before continuing life

@walterw8310 4 года назад

I love all your channels and videos. I have spent countless hours watching them through the years. Your efforts have helped derail my mind in some very troubling times. Thank you, to you, and thank you to all of your writers, editors, staff, your sponsors, anyone and everyone involved in the making of each and every one of your videos. You are an excellent host. So incredibly calculated, clean, level headed, serious yet hilarious. If I had this teacher and teaching material when I was in college, I would have likely graduated.

@kylemitchell5372 2 года назад

Fantastic video! Best I've seen on Napoleon on St. Helena. And I loved how hip and sarcastic the host was too for a modern audeince.

@huddleen 4 года назад

Napoleon was a dictator before it was cool, but he wasn’t a bad guy and was certainly better for many Europeans than the entrenched monarchies that built 7 coalitions to take him on. The majority of Napoleonic wars were not started by Napoleon, and I do not think it is fair to blame him for all the bloodshed.

@fredbarker9201 4 года назад

Nolin Huddleston you are correct

@hugodrax1674 2 года назад

He caused the death of six million but wasn't the bad guy? He marched his men to a frozen death in Russia, but made sure he survived, and wasn't the bad guy? The George Bush Jnr of the 18 hundreds was a killer

@irenehartlmayr8369 Год назад

I am glad to see that quite a lot of people have the common sense to see things as they are,in- tead of throwing around with uninformed accusations .👍

@FlamingWalrus1 4 года назад

While Napoleon was a good general, he was an excellent statesmen. We was a genius who micromanaged everything, from the mathematics of his artillery to critiquing the local priest's homily. The majority of his institutions and a large part of his laws are still in use today.

@UnchainedAmerica 4 года назад

He was also a jerk.

@michaelhurley3171 4 года назад

@@UnchainedAmerica He was French nuff said

@nikadavise-br9lx 4 года назад

and he decimated not only the rest of europe but France as well................since he only wanted tall soldiers he took most of them all to their deaths.............leaving French men shorter for at least 2 or 3 generations..............and yet when i go to France he is still somehow worshiped..........but then their are more Germans than most people like to believe who still think hitler was a hell of a guy and a great leader........it's amazing how the worst people seem to end up in such positions of absolute power and worshiped by the nation he almost destroyed(and set back not only genetically but financially for many many years.....but somehow we now have an orange painted daughter raping pervert as our president.........so guess we are on the down side of our nation right now

@melenatorr 4 года назад

@@michaelhurley3171 Actually, he was Corsican, his original name being Napoleone Buonoparte.

@DarthAwar 4 года назад

@@nikadavise-br9lx That was his Nephews doing as President/Emperor

@lucianoarrieta5786 4 года назад

This reads and sounds like an epilogue to your Napoleon video🙂...

@flashgordon6670 3 года назад

One of my favourite YT channels. Question: What would you be doing if it wasn't for the internet? Telling tales in pubs, street corners and parks?

@user-uv9zr8qs2c Год назад

Hed be booes by people who actually know history

@AizaakThurston 3 года назад

Ohh man Napoleon must have really enjoyed those speed boats

@nihalaleonor5019 2 года назад

🤣

@jeanmouloude 4 года назад

i love how us french sees napoleon as one of the greatest emperor of mankind while english peoples: Evil man bad

@LeFaisDoDo 4 года назад

jean mouloude ikr

@pedanticradiator1491 4 года назад

History is written by the winners

@haploideallel 4 года назад

Not just the English... Only the French would be so stupid as to worship this conqueror/mass-murderer, who is directly responsible for the deaths and suffering of millions and millions of people in Europe. It's sickening, tbh...

@Perkelenaattori 4 года назад

He was even taller than the average person of the time yet most people think he was a pygmy.

@Perkelenaattori 4 года назад

@@haploideallel He declared war twice while he was attacked by 7 coalitions. He was a meritocrat who threatened the existing conservative class structures that were in place and other countries were worried he'd export their social order. If you think Nappy was so bad read up on Metternich and see how woke he was.

@DigitalLazarus 4 года назад

Thank JAH you are still putting these out. They are much appreciated!

@PhilChavanne Год назад

Hilarious at times, your storytelling gives the historical commentary a life of its own. A brilliant chap, you are.

@braxtonburchard3701 4 года назад

Simon I love your channels. I remember when I first found "top tenz " years ago and I've been hooked ever since.

@sandrosaladze8095 4 года назад

Actually last word he said was: "Josephine"

@xx7secondsxx Год назад

Anyone else watching with the captions on @ 8:52 "Simon! Put down that sword and get off that horse!" LMADO!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a hilarious lil Easter egg!

@leehaseley2164 4 года назад

Great job on this one Simon. You gave the perfect ending.

@tailgatetails 4 года назад

Do one on Ascension Island!!

@julianmessina1969 4 года назад

I have been to St Helena twice, and both times visited Longwood and taken the beautiful walk to his grave site. St Helena housed many Boer pow's after the Anglo Boer war. Their story deserves to be told.

@nesirsitsir 4 года назад

Uhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuhuh. Longwood.

@venge1894 4 года назад

Hehehehehe. He said wood. Hehehe

@PaulMeranda 4 года назад

lol. bone.

@samuelcroll344 4 года назад

I have always wondered what the whole situation in Saint Helena was like.

@user-uv9zr8qs2c Год назад

Then start reading.. this video is very one sided with little historical goodness in it to be a passable video

@toddles9 4 года назад

Thank you for continuing to be normal during this time. Your clips are a great distraction.

@infidelcastro5129 2 года назад

“So British they probably bled tea” 😂 As a Brit who hates tea, I nevertheless approve of your claim.

@sarangsouthkorea7765 4 года назад

Thanks for another great video, Simon! Stay safe!

@stephenlane9168 3 года назад

Another great video Simon & team 👌👏

@frankiebella7808 4 года назад

Excellent Simon's 👍👍your the great story master 🏆😆

@constipatedinsincity4424 4 года назад

When John Wilkes Booth escaped he chose the last name St. Helens in ode to Napoleon,, stating The Little Emperor did what he did for his country

@galacticmonkeh965 4 года назад

Thanks. I just found your channel a couple of months ago and wow it is addictive. Also like your top tenz.

@jennifermckeithen1498 3 года назад

Can you make a video about the plot by the citizens of New Orleans to re-establish Napoleon in Louisiana?

@optorch131 3 года назад

Great video. Thank you

@henriqueoliveira3872 4 года назад

awesome video!

@kevinrwhooley9439 4 года назад

Hey Simon, you should do a video on Newgrange next. It's a massive Neolithic structure in Ireland that's older than the Pyramids (the oldest one being the Pyramid of Djoser at 2600 bc)and Stonehenge(3000bc) being built in 3200 bc. It has a door with a roof box above it that perfectly aligns with the sun on the Winter solstice and a roof so well made that it's still waterproof to this day. Archaeologists are baffled on how these people were able to build such a sophisticated structure before the advent of writing and the crane and how advanced their knowledge of the cosmos and the exact alignment of the sun was. Shows how skilled my ancestors were in construction techniques,lapidary design, mathematical calculations and astronomical observation. And for April fools day you should do a video on Nat Tate and for pride month you should do Judy Garland. Anyway great video, as always. Keep up the good work.

@starscream548 4 года назад

Another excellent video by the Geographics team. Your best best videos are really when you mix up the formula talking more about a story then a certain place. But the place itself was incredibly amazing to learn about to. The bitter end of Napoleon... thank you so much for this lesson in history

@Adam-qs5ir 4 года назад

I know you guys make money on these and it's a business, but the videos on your channels have been a great learning experience and distraction the last month and a half. Thank you for your work.

@SirBoDen 4 года назад

There’s something very poetic about him ending up in a gilded cage.

@robertthomson1587 6 месяцев назад

I went to St Helena in July. The visit to Longwood was the highlight of the trip.

@sams2951 4 года назад

Great Video!

@michaelbatts7149 4 года назад

Don't y'all love the way he makes Avengers and Thanos references? the Avengers teams against the French Thanos! Love it!😂😂😂😂

@ianjackson5150 4 года назад

Magnificent video, I loved it.

@brunos6599 4 года назад

That "deserves to be remembered" is from the history guy, isn't? I also binged his videos.

@sarahivsutterb747 4 года назад

Because of Napoleon in Germany there is a very good and delicious type of bread available! It's called Pumpernickel and it was created for the favourite horse of Napoleon during his time in Germany and at first it was called Pomme pour Nicole because the name of the favourite horse of Napoleon was Nicole and in the region in which it was created by the people they said Pumpernickel because they only understood it like that and until today we can eat it and it is so delicious and healthy for us to eat and one of my favourite ones! Lovely greetings from Sarah and have a great day and enjoy your time and stay safe out there and take care of yourself and your family and friends and stay blessed and healthy and happy right now 🙋💖😍

@matthewdockter2424 4 года назад

I may rip on you for Business Blaze, but I appreciate how you're churning out content right now. Love the level of detail in Biog and Geog. Splendid work!

@TheMCD1989 4 года назад

Do you not like business blaze? It took me a while to get into it but I really like it now.

@shane0mac96 4 года назад

Matthew Dockter I like business blaze . What don’t you like about it?

@mustaphaabouali6549 4 года назад

good job simon

@watchjaredwork1487 4 года назад

Great video

@heronimousbrapson863 11 месяцев назад

Napoleon's body was returned to France in 1840 during the reign of Louis Philippe. It was put into a temporary tomb at the Hotel des Invalidss, finally being put to rest in its present sarcophagus there in 1861.

@smalkassian6094 4 года назад

I thought I knew this story already. Thank you for proving me wrong.

@ga2773 3 года назад

My nan is from St Helena, I think she moved too England in the 50s maybe early 60s

@benangel6831 4 года назад

Thanks for this...

@lisamoulton2540 4 года назад

I like the addition of music occasionally. 👌

@titaniumdiveknife 3 года назад

Thank you Professor

@anakamarvelous Год назад

*sees the tiny island he’s set to be imprisoned on* N: “shit. I should’ve quit while i was ahead😰” BIGGEST OOF

@lorenzorosi3257 4 года назад

How funny to watch this video directly from Elba! Apparently his last words leaving the Island on the 26th Feb 1815 were: "I will come back, my Sons! I leave my mother and my sister in your hands." I guess when he didn't come back, the locals went "oh well, he's gone for good. Let's go to his villas and sell everything that isn't screwed down to the floor."

@irenehartlmayr8369 Год назад

Lorenzo Rosi : What he left there,is STILL THERE,Mister....! How about going to see his villas instead of writing rubbish!

@Denathorn 4 года назад

"We know... What a bastard!" :D :D :D Got me good that one! :D :D :D

@BlueBirdsProductions 4 года назад

That cutaway to show where Napoleon was exiled to made me laugh too much didn't expect something like that on this channel ahhahaha funny shit

@animalia5554 4 года назад

I only have one thing to say. “History is complicated.”

@wesc7983 4 года назад

Excellent!

@doswheelsouges359 4 года назад

Bonaparte consistently asserted the superiority of the civil over the military and acted that way. He certainly installed a form of authoritarian empire but calling it a dictatorship is a bit far fetched. The Consulate and the Empire were not a military dictatorship. He made use of the military extensively but the army did not rule Napoleon's France.

@banjoist123 4 года назад

This is the best set on RU-vid. I reminds me of the Turner Classic Movies Private Screenings set with Charles Osborne. I just want to live in this set. I wonder if Simon would mind.

@samhouston1979 4 года назад

what might have been if he’d just lived out his days as “emperor” of Elba?

@joachimosmundsen5571 4 года назад

It would not have lasted. His enemies thought he might want to escape, they wanted to move him. Napoleon would never give up as long as he could see a way out

@stevebobmcjocksock4021 3 года назад

Slow death of stomach cancer.

@K4n01 4 года назад

6:31 I kept hearing the avengers them on my mind... that should be the track played here.

@twocvbloke 4 года назад

I can just imagine him upon seeing his new jailer, flat on the floor, banging his fists shouting "Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde! Merde!!!" as though he'd just lost a bowling session... :P

@kennyvr1392 4 года назад

the descendants of napoleon are still highly respected in france and filty rich owning titles and historical properties

@itsaboutwhatsfair1532 4 года назад

Happiness eluded Napoleon eventually risking his basic privilege of living a sovereign life.

@JOSEFIRMINO2007 4 года назад

An aditional fact: Today, Napoleon' s remains are in an urn at Hôtel des Invalides in Paris where it was put when returned from Santa Helena. In his return trip (1840) the ship passed in a port in Recife - Brazil.

@enriquehartmann8642 4 года назад

"The coup with the silly name..." lol

@gabe1ist 4 года назад

Like the humor in this one!

@LukesYuGiOhChannel 3 года назад

Great story.

@CoasterScouts 3 года назад

While our time had Napoleon sent to Saint Helena, part of me wonders what would of happened if he did catch a boat to the United States.

@mademoiselle1356 2 года назад

J'aimerai bien visiter Longwood House un jour.

@Frank-mm2yp 4 года назад

The last time NAPOLEON returned to France was as a corpse. He "resides' in a custom made marble tomb in the middle of Paris. You can go there...You can also visit Elba and St. Helena

@chrisjack7857 4 года назад

Lol to this whole video. Loved it

@michaelhowell2326 4 года назад

It would be beyond epic if you guys did an episode on the Potola Palace.

@chrism1190 3 года назад

Well done.

@EloquentTroll 4 года назад

Don't call Napoleon a Dictator, he's the Emperor of France.

@shizukajoestar614 3 года назад

Emperor of the French

@joshuagroves1192 3 года назад

@@shizukajoestar614 make a difference really

@craigcraig6248 3 года назад

Agreed, if he was such a brutal dictator, they wouldn't have elected his nephew.

@fredbarker9201 3 года назад

Difference between dictator and tyrant

@PrezVeto 5 месяцев назад

Correction: he's a skeleton

@MF_UNDERTOW 2 года назад

Long live King Simon!

@bxdanny 4 года назад

Simon really doesn't like Napoleon, does he? Just remember, the regimes that replaced him didn't exactly "free" the people of Europe. The Congress of Vienna tried to reimpose absolute monarchy, or close to it, all over the place.

@warwickeng5491 4 года назад

I mean it's not like Napoleon was a good man or anything, so I don't blame him

@nikadavise-br9lx 4 года назад

You do know that he left France with hundreds of thousands less healthy educated(and tall) men.........setting them back genetically for generations(see canadian men who are from French families(very short even today.....for example.........the men in england were so short during WWI that they had to change their regs to let in the short guys and then starting giving food to families and pregnant women to make their children healthier(thus taller). Who know what those dead men killed for napoleons ego could have done or what their future, never born, children would have accomplished? A cure for cancer in the early 1900's? A way to feed all the people of the world? the end to wars?............

@TY-gh2yf 4 года назад

And that's why a constitutional monarchy is best. Once again, britain isnt the same as Europe.

@5Andysalive 4 года назад

Few absolute monarchies were as cruel and brutal (and had crazy world conquering fantasies) as Napoleon. Absolute power doesn't always create monsters like Napoleon, Stalin or Hitler. Of course it makes it more possible, as the various Louis's proved. Absolute monarchies were the rule, not the exception. That doesn't make them euqal. And judging them out of context with 200 years political hindsight makes no sense. Live in Prussia for example was considerably more safe and reliable than in France. The legal reforms of Frederick the Great went beyond anything the french Revolution achieved. And he was an absolute monarch. PS: @TY: Have a little read about Cromwell.