Napoleon in America

A possibility that passed:

Earlier in the same year, Napoleon had escaped imprisonment on the Mediterranean isle of Elba, and returned triumphantly to Paris. His enemies — from the victorious British to opponents within France — were determined to prevent any chance of him pulling off the same stunt again.

The vanquished general, too, seemed to be resigned to his fate. But he looked west to new lands for sanctuary. Napoleon’s desire to avoid life in British captivity by emigrating to the United States is the subject of an ongoing exhibition near Paris, held at a chateau that once belonged to him, as reported by Agence France Presse.