‘Napoleon werd verbannen naar Elba’, leest men in de geschiedenisboekjes.
Tot ik tegenkwam in het geweldige boek Vanished Kingdoms wat dat dan werkelijk inhield.
In return for his agreeing to abdicate, the tsar of Russia insisted that he be given the island of Elba as is private, sovereign domain, and he landed there on 4 May (…). He was allowed to keep 500 officers in his retinue, and 1.100 soldiers for his guard; his house at Portoferraio was dubbed the imperial palace.
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