Betsy and the Emperor (9781439115879) (19 page)

1
Barry E. O'Meara, Esq.,
Napoleon in Exile; Or, A Voice from St. Helena: The Opinions and Reflections of Napoleon on the Most Important Events in His Life and Government, in His Own Words,
2 vols. (London: Peter Eckler, 1822).

2
Napoleon's tomb can be seen today at Les Invalides, a church in Paris. His remains are buried in six coffins, one inside the other: The innermost one is made of tinplate, the next of mahogany, then two of lead, another of ebony, and the outer coffin is oak, all inside a red porphyry (a type of rock) sarcophagus. Twelve pillars of victory surround it.

3
Jean-Paul Kauffman,
The Black Room at Longwood,
trans. Patricia Marie Clancy (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999), p. 279.

4
Kauffman, p.280.