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Women jog by a memorial to French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte at the Casone Square in his birth city of Ajaccio, Corsica. AFP
Napoleon: Two centuries of conspiracy theories
Thu, 29 April 2021
Two hundred years after his death in exile, conspiracy theories continue to swirl about how exactly Napoleon Bonaparte met his end on the windswept South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
The official verdict, supported by an autopsy carried out by his British captors, was that he died aged 51 of stomach cancer on May 5, 1821.
But even then many – not just in France – were sceptical, leading to numerous often colourful conspiracy theories.
Napoleon’s conspiracy theories
April 28, 2021
Two hundred years after his death in exile, conspiracy theories continue to swirl about how exactly Napoleon Bonaparte met his end on the windswept South Atlantic island of St. Helena.
The official verdict, supported by an autopsy carried out by his British captors, was that he died aged 51 of stomach cancer on May 5, 1821. But even then many not just in France were sceptical, leading to numerous often colourful conspiracy theories.
Strongest among French conspiracy theories is the belief that Napoleon was slowly poisoned either by the British or by his confidante, Count Charles de Montholon, supposedly in the pay of French royalists opposed to the emperor’s return home.
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