…current celebrity versus historical “gravitas.” For more detail, you can read their book WHO’S BIGGER? To get a quick overview, watch Steven Skiena’s YouTube video below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjLyTRIVopE We can argue…
Dear Librarians, The historical novel Finding Napoleon juxtaposes the idealism of young Napoleon’s real unfinished romantic novel against his final desperate days. Its vivid tale of intrigue, passion, and betrayal…
…perfect symbol of feminine seduction, and of the woman who was Napoleon’s only great love.” Visit Alix’s website at www.swanways.com, but don’t buy me an Eagle scarf—I already have one!…
…over one week. “What a week it was!” she said. Thank you, James River Writers, for your recognition and support. To read more about LITTLE SONG, visit my website www.margaretrodenberg.com….
In 1778, nine-year-old Napoleon left Ajaccio, Corsica to attend French military academy. In France, his fellow students mocked his foreign accent and chip-on-the-shoulder Corsican patriotism. Eight years later, when he…
Napoleon and Josephine Bonaparte’s Anniversary On March 9, 1796, twenty-six-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte married the thirty-two-year-old widow, Josephine de Beauharnais. The groom, enraptured with his more nonchalant bride, is known to…
…words, Finding Napoleon by Margaret Rodenberg enchanted me. Exceptionally well researched, the writing is vibrant, the details evocative. The story of Napoleon’s final years are conveyed with moving compassion, humor and wit….
…brings us to Napoleon. Napoleon, Born a Frenchman In a twist of history, one year before Napoleon’s birth, the Treaty of Versailles of 1768 ended four hundred years of Genoese…
This past December, headlines screamed “First Christmas Without Mass in Notre Dame Cathedral in Two Hundred Years.” What happened two hundred years ago both to interrupt and to reinstate that…
…to say that in my opinion, it was the best book club meeting we’ve ever had in our ten plus years of doing this! You really made Napoleon come to…
