…Bourbon firing squad. *Copyright 2012 by George Green. Reproduced with permission, from Mr Green’s poetry volume, Lord Byron’s Foot, published by St Augustine Press: www.staugustine.net. I highly recommend the book….
…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…
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…National Sculpture Garden. Sure enough, there was the extract of Napoleon’s face from that magnificent painting. The next Napoleon sighting was at one of the most popular spots in the…
…trove of art museums, including the Salvador Dali Museum shown in the photo above. Of course I was on the lookout for Napoleon. Sure enough, in the Museum of Fine…
