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NEWS ABOUT: Napoleon

Napoleon stories: 6 news summaries

 Napoleon's Novella 
 Reveals His Sappy Side 

It's on the romantic life of an ambitious soldier

May 12, 09 3:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Before Napoleon the ruthless emperor came Napoleon the romance-writing softy—and his masterpiece is due out in English this fall. Clisson and Eugenie is a novella about a triumphant soldier who returns home to marry his lady—of the same name as Napoleon’s first love. The manuscript, penned when... More »

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France • Adolf Hitler • empire • Napoleon • romance • novel • Benito Mussolini

Oldest Living Creature May Be a (Relative) Youngster

Giant tortoise may be much younger

Dec 29, 08 4:29 PM CST
(Newser) - A giant tortoise widely believed to be the world's oldest living creature may be a much younger relative that earned the title through mistaken identity, the BBC reports. Jonathan, a giant tortoise said to have been living on the South Atlantic island of St. Helena when Napoleon was exiled there... More »

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Napoleon • Seychelles • giant tortoise • St Helena • Jonathan • Banbury School • Boer War

 Napolean Didn't Meet
 Aresenic-Laced End 

Italian researchers deflate claim of arsenic death

Jun 10, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades scholars have debated whether Napoleon, who died in exile on the island of St. Helena in 1821, was poisoned with arsenic by his British captors; as recently as 2002 a biographer wrote that there was "nothing improbable about the hypothesis." But now a team of Italian... More »

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France • poison • history • Napoleon • arsenic

Waterloo—You Know, Like in the ABBA Song

Italian exec with loose grasp of history becomes YouTube hit

Apr 8, 08 11:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - An telecom exec came up short in a motivational speech to employees when he called the battle of Waterloo a victory for Napoleon. Now clips of the animated Italian manager urging his staff to "go ahead and score like Napoleon at Waterloo" have become a YouTube hit, the ANSA... More »

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Italy • Napoleon • Luca Luciani • Waterloo • Telecom Italia

Arsenic Wasn't Napoleon's Waterloo: Study

Military diet, not murderous Brits, likely killed the little emperor

Feb 13, 08 7:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Rumors that Napoleon Bonaparte was poisoned with arsenic have persisted since he died in exile 187 years ago on the island of St. Helena. Italian scientists now say they've established that the French emperor's death had more to do with bad French army food than murderous British guards, the Daily ... More »

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cancer • France • history • Napoleon • Napolean Bonaparte • arsenic • St. Helena

Sarkozy: Short, Hyper, and Still Very European

The new Napoleon may signal a world turning away from America

Aug 21, 07 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New Yorker profile compares Nicolas Sarkozy to Napoleon: He's not just short, but he's both more Euro-centric and less of a reactionary than most Americans think. In fact, Adam Gopnik, who dubs the brazen, mercurial Sarko a "human bomb," writes than the nouveau regime may signal "... More »

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Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • United States • Napoleon

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