THE FOUR DEATHS OF NAPOLEON

On 5 May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte uttered his last words: “France, the army, the commander-in-chief, Josephine.” The former emperor lay dead on his bed on the island of St Helena, and four rumours began to circulate about the cause of his death: a commissioned strangulation, deliberate poisoning, a natural death, or even an honourable suicide, but the rumours surrounding his final moments remain a mystery with four different outcomes, witnessed by only one person: his faithful chambermaid.