One of my blog readers commented on the Not Finding Much Napoleon at the Louvre post that “sadly, [I] missed the excellent romantic painting of a Napoleonic-era cavalry officer by Géricault.” His comment sent me scrambling for the DVD where I store my Louvre photos, certain I remembered the piece he had in mind. Sure […]
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Yesterday, I celebrated today’s 242nd anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s birth with a group of new friends from the Napoleonic Historical Society. Over a champagne brunch at the Fort Myer officers club, we toasted the Emperor. I’m looking forward to seeing these folks and other Napoleonic enthusiasts at the Historical Society’s annual conference, held this year
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I love meeting fellow Napoleonic enthusiasts, such as my new friend Alix Sundquist. Her fascination began when, twelve years old and living in Argentina, she came across Emil Ludwig’s Napoleon in the library at her grandfather’s estancia. She’s been hooked on Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte ever since. After a career in the U.S. Foreign Service,
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At their annual benefit last weekend in Richmond, Virginia, James River Writers recognized my novel LITTLE SONG as one of three finalists in their Best Unpublished Novel Contest. Founded in 2002, the Richmond, Virginia, non-profit organization “serves aspiring and professional writers and passionate readers in all genres through a variety of programs, services, and events,” including their
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There was a serious suggestion in yesterday’s Washington Post to exile Gaddafi to St Helena: A St Helena Home for Gaddafi by William C. Goodfellow of the Center for International Policy. While that may be a fine solution to the Libyan crisis, some of the writer’s statements about Napoleon are wrong. For example, Napoleon’s young
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. . . to the king on land! South Africa is full of wonderful sights and experiences. We’re on safari today and tomorrow, then back to Cape Town for one day sightseeing before boarding the RMS St Helena.
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No Napoleon today—we went Great White Shark cage-diving instead. Here’s one of the seventeen friends we made. He’s about twelve feet long, and looked mighty hungry, although thousands of seals were raising pups on a nearby island. I figured they’d probably be much tastier than me.
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When I was in fourth grade, I had to do a project on my home state, which my teacher, the ever-rigid Mrs. Wall, defined as a person’s birthplace. I was annoyed: I had been born in Maryland because that’s where Bethesda Naval Hospital is. At the time my Navy family lived in Virginia. I felt
We Americans think the French don’t like us, and, in turn, we portray them as ungrateful for our aid during the World Wars. Remember Freedom Fries in 2003? Perhaps, we should apologize for that one since sadly they were right about Iraqi WMDs. A quick look around Paris tells you the French find kinship in
