What did French marshals say when napoleon died?
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What did French marshals say when napoleon died?
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Napoleon befriend the Regiment who watch over Longwood House. Napoleon have some small talks with them using Las Cases (the guy who wrote the Memorial) as a translator, I know he gets pretty well with the scottish troops to whom he flattered the ego, spoke of the Auld Alliance, Celtic History and their reputation of great warrior. Hudso... See more
Napoleon befriend the Regiment who watch over Longwood House. Napoleon have some small talks with them using Las Cases (the guy who wrote the Memorial) as a translator, I know he gets pretty well with the scottish troops to whom he flattered the ego, spoke of the Auld Alliance, Celtic History and their reputation of great warrior. Hudso... See more
Saint Helena
Napoleon once said, “A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.”
Eric Barker • Barking Up the Wrong Tree: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Success Is (Mostly) Wrong
Kaustubh Sule added
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Napoleon shared Paine’s stance and, early on in his rule, was the first Western leader openly to begin instituting what he was to term a system of ‘carrières ouvertes aux talents’, ‘careers open to talent’. ‘I made most of my generals de la boue,’ he proudly remarked on St Helena at the end of his life. ‘Whenever I found talent, I rewarded it.’ The
... See moreAlain de Botton • Status Anxiety (NON-FICTION)
Des personnages divers régnaient en moi tour à tour, aucun pour très longtemps, mais le tyran tombé regagnait vite le pouvoir. J'hébergeai ainsi l'officier méticuleux, fanatique de discipline, mais partageant gaiement avec ses hommes les privations de la guerre ; le mélancolique rêveur des dieux ; l'amant prêt à tout pour un moment de vertige ; le
... See moreMarguerite Yourcenar • Mémoires d'Hadrien (French Edition)
“I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?” ― Napoleon Bonaparte
Wiktor Tkaczyk added
Le mot même était ringard. Or personne ne veut mourir pour une idée honteuse. Qui se jetterait dans un jeu dont on vous explique qu’il n’en vaut pas la chandelle ? C’était précisément là où le génie de Napoléon s’était déployé. L’Empereur avait réussi une entreprise de propagande exceptionnelle. Il avait imposé son rêve par le verbe. Sa vision s’ét
... See moreSylvain Tesson • Berezina (French Edition)
On Napoleon:
"An infinite capacity for taking pains," "an intuitive sense," "an indomitable will to power," and "firmness of action"
alex added
Whatever people say about the General today, I can only testify that he was a sincere man who believed in everything he said, even if it was a lie, which makes him not so different from most.