The Lost Power Point Slides (Napoleon Surrenders Edition)

Napoleon surrenders to the English, July 15, 1815

Napoleon presents “country gent” exile to Prince Regent –>last slide

If I surrender, you will:

• exile me from my beloved France
• let me live a quiet life in the English countryside
• allow me to bring my own chef

I will not:

• call you “smelly beef eaters”
• take over Europe again.

Prince Regent presents “hellish exile” solution to Prime Minister –>slide 6

Main provisions:

• St. Helena
• bad food
• poison too (just to hedge our bets).

On board the HMS Bellerephon, Captain Frederick Maitland explains change in plans –>slide 12 & 13

• no, not going to take you to Lake Country
• no, you will not have private chef on board
• no, the Billy Ruffian will not take you to St. Helena.

• from here we sail to Torbay, so tourists can gawk at you for a while
• the Northumberland takes you to St. Helena.
• no! No private chef!