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As a writer, especially a fiction writer, I collect details and search for interesting, memorable ways to describe them. My quest to capture the essence of Napoleon requires recreating, first…
As a writer, especially a fiction writer, I collect details and search for interesting, memorable ways to describe them. My quest to capture the essence of Napoleon requires recreating, first…
The Portland Art Museum was one of those rare museums where I couldn’t find a work representing Napoleon Bonaparte or any aspect of his reign. An internet search through their…
…pursue, particularly about Napoleon’s youth. The Fondation maintains an extremely useful website at www.napoleon.org and Professor Hicks publishes their electronic newsletter. Both are available in English, and invaluable for Napoleonic…
Napoleon’s general, and later Marshal of the Empire, Michel Ney was born the son of a cooper (a wooden-barrel maker). Originally a non-commissioned officer, Ney rose through the ranks due…
…painting. In 1810, Le Sacre’s painter, David, produced this charming portrait of the Comtesse Daru, after just a few sittings. He painted the portrait free of charge, unveiling it as…
…power of an unknown force called Destiny. Personally, I’m inclined to view Destiny, if anything, as a combination of genes, circumstance and free will. Coincidence, too, plays a role. While…
…time repairing the poorly-constructed house, built the cage and stocked it with doves and pheasants. At first, Napoleon admired it, but he was known to free the birds, saying St…
…streets, the children could run free, catching lizards, chasing chickens, and perhaps, playing king of the rock on the boulder jutting out from under the stairs. The building’s rectangular shape…
…society is only $30 a year ($15 for Students). Benefits include newsletters with excellent articles about Napoleonic sites and events, literature and research, and other topics, plus an invitation to…