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contrast, the Love Knot Room, believed to guide detailed Napoleon's disastrous Rus-
honor Napoleon's then-wife, Marie Louise sian campaign, which claimed hundreds of
of Austria, includes a ceiling fresco, depict- thousands of French and Allied soldiers
ing two doves intertwined by a ribbon. The and civilians. Exile to Elba was his punish-
villa also includes smaller private rooms, ment. But the wily leader found a way back
like Napoleon's bedroom and a library, that to power - if only briefly. Ten months later,
give a sense of his daily life during exile. after defeat at Waterloo, he was banished
Paintings and engravings of his exploits to St. Helena.
adorned the walls. In a few weeks, we would follow him
As we walked through the villa, our there.
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