Napoleon: Power and Splendor Museum Exhibit in Richmond
Explaining the purpose behind the elegance, and the connection to the Roman Republic, this exhibit proved Napoleonic, especially in the throne room
18th Century Virginia Musings
Category: Napoleon – Defining the man
Awaiting Napoleon with violets and hidden tricolors
Running towards Napoleon, the soldiers cheered and removed their tricolors from their coat pockets to boldly display on their hats.
Prison, Love, Divorce, Malmaison: Josephine Bonaparte
When Josephine fell from a balcony, tThe doctor didn’t expect her to live, since her internal injuries were so severe, yet she healed.
Caroline Bonaparte unlocks secret door of Pompeii
Napoleon’s sister, Caroline, married one of his generals and together they ruled parts of Italy, including the land upon which Pompeii was secretly buried.
Spies, Explosion, Emperor and Empress: Napoleon
After much talk to make Napoleon an emperor, Napoleon consulted the public, then his generals, then his lawyers all approved, except Josephine.
French Republic success builds Coalition against Napoleon
We have been learning from this book that the oft told message is only one side of the story, the side the Coalition against France wanted us to know.
Freedom for Catholics, Protestants, and Jews: Napoleon
This extensive freedom of religion which was unique in Europe, was a first for the Jews since they lost their homeland of Palestine hundreds of years before.
Napoleon revitalizes France after the Revolution
I highly recommend chapter 13, Rebuilding France, which analyzes how Napoleon flipped around a new government that failed under several previous leaders.
French Revolution, Robespierre, Napoleon Steps Away
Napoleon wrote down his conflicted feelings in the form of a dialogue, which he copied and distributed to hopefully end the civil war, but nothing changed.
Unique Napoleonic biography for rhetoric homeschool studies
This British author with a degree from Oxford, wrote this book in 1970 because of stunning new research that unveiled a different Napoleon than oft described.
