By the time Napoleon returned to France from Egypt in ... With no hope of escape, he put himself at the mercy of Great Britain. He wished, he said, "to reside in a country house near London." ...
Tumblr is getting a history lesson thanks to a sexy romp through time with two world rulers who were inordinately fond of one another. “if u ever get disheartened just remember people in the ...
His remains now reside in the Invalides. "You seem to admire [Frederick the Great] immensely," Napoleon once told a subordinate, according to his secretary, Bourrienne. "What do you find in him so ...
As 1805 began, Napoleon was planning to cross the English Channel and invade Great Britain with 2000 ships and 200,000 soldiers. The French and British were at war once again: irreconcilable ...
many Europeans had heard of the Great Pyramids or the Sphinx, but the ancient temples and monuments of Upper Egypt were unknown. Dominique-Vivant Denon, an artist and writer, accompanied Napoleon ...
Germany’s Gerhardi Kunststofftechnik GmbH weathered Napoleon’s invasion, the Great Depression and two world wars. But Europe’s current auto slump has brought the plastics manufacturer to its ...