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The future emperor's marriage contract
Napoleon not forgotten on Elba
When Napoleon ruled Elba
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From conqueror to entertainer
A theme park based on Napoleon Bonaparte? It sounds like a strange project, but it’s "entirely serious" according to this BBC News Magazine report.
The picture of Napoleon at left is by Jacques-Louis David. Image source: Wikimedia Commons. According to the Wikimedia site, this image is in the public domain.
"Lies, all lies"
From the blog My Napoleon Obsession, an update on the as-yet-unfilmed movie “Napoleon and Betsy.” Scarlett Johansson is out and Emma Watson is in as Napoleon’s supposed love interest.
Confusingly, this is not the same movie as “Betsy and the Emperor.” That one is supposed to star Al Pacino, and is based on a book by Staton Rabin.
If you want to read up on the real Betsy Balcombe while you’re waiting for the films to (maybe) get made, she wrote a book called To Befriend an Emperor.
Pauline Bonaparte
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon has posted her review of Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire by Flora Fraser, a biography of Napoleon’s favorite sister.
(UPDATE: This post originally linked to two reviews of the book, but one of the links has expired.)