by cameron | May 28, 2013 | Napoleon news
I was reading about Frederick The Great of Prussia last night when I came across this picture. I thought… hmmmm… that hat looks familiar! Napoleon apparently adopted the hat from Frederick The Great of Prussia, whom he greatly admired, who in turn...
by cameron | Dec 3, 2012 | Blog, Napoleon news
“I will blow up the Kremlin on the 22nd at three in the morning.” So wrote Napoleon in this coded letter dated October 20, 1812 and sold at auction this week for 187,500 euros ($233,800). It had been expected to fetch between 10,000 and 15,000 euros but...
by cameron | Aug 16, 2012 | Napoleon news
Okay folks, to celebrate Napoleon’s birthday, I’m going to make you a promise – when the Napoleon Bonaparte Podcast Facebook page gets to 1000 likes, I will hold JDM down and FORCE him to record a new episode with me! Do we have a deal?? Now I know...
by cameron | Aug 16, 2012 | Napoleon news
To celebrate Napoleon’s 243rd birthday (August 15), I thought I’d bring you some of my favourite quotes from the man. Feel free to share yours in the comments section! “Death is nothing; but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”...
by cameron | Aug 14, 2012 | Napoleon news
ummm…. ok.
by cameron | Jul 10, 2012 | Napoleon news
Oh how the Brits love to poke fun at Napoleon! Two hundred years has not dampened their joy in pinching his cheeks. Via The Guardian: Last month, one of just a handful of letters written by Napoleon in the language of his arch-enemies and sent to De las Cases for...
