by cameron | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog
From our “Strange Napoleon Story Of The Day” department, the Independent has this story today: In a beauty competition with a difference, the Italian public has chosen a marble rendition of Napoleon Bonaparte’s sister as their ideal depiction of...
by cameron | Jul 5, 2011 | Blog, napoleon - cause of death
This is an excerpt from “The Exhumation Of The Remains Of Napoleon Bonaparte” by M. Janisch, late Secretary to Sir Hudson Lowe at St. Helena, which I downloaded from the British Library Historical Collection iPad app. I was fascinated by this first-hand...
by cameron | Jul 5, 2011 | Blog, Napoleon news
Via Superyachts.com: New Orleans-based antique, fine art and jewellery dealer Rau Antiques are offering a custom made sculpture of Napoleon Bonaparte with a price tag of $198,000. Created by the famous French artist Jean- Léon Gérôme in 1897, the neoclassical...
