Top Items About Napoleon
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| Trivia | Trivia about Height, Myths and Shortness | Contrary to popular belief, Napoleon Bonaparte was not especially short. In fact, Napoleon was five feet six inches tall... | Anonymous | 127 | |
| Trivia | Trivia about Italy, Design and Flags | France ruled over Italy for much of the 18th and 19th centuries. Napoleon Bonaparte even designed the Italian Flag. | Anonymous | 44 | |
| Anecdotes | Vive l`Emperatrice! | "During one of the breathing spells of the Napoleonic Wars, Bonaparte arranged for a flotilla to line up for review by... | Anonymous | 34 | |
| Anecdotes | Tents Decision | President Lyndon B. Johnson once sought a way to remove J. Edgar Hoover from his post as the head of the FBI. When... | Anonymous | 30 | |
| Anecdotes | Clarification | "The historical figures Conrad Black was said to admire were even more important than the people [among them... | Anonymous | 25 | |
| Anecdotes | Nuthin? a?tall | The following snippet of conversation is recorded on a plaque marking Abraham Lincoln`s birthplace near... | Anonymous | 22 | |
| Anecdotes | Half-Assed Excuse | In 1795, with the death of Louis XVII, Louis XVIII became nominal king but was powerless during Napoleon`s rule. He... | Anonymous | 22 | |
| Anecdotes | Caroline & George IV | George IV despised his estranged wife, Caroline of Brunswick. After (controversially) attempting to secure a divorce,... | Anonymous | 19 | |
| Anecdotes | Publisher`s Toast | One evening during the Napoleonic wars, the English poet Thomas Campbell caused a stir at a literary dinner by proposing... | Anonymous | 18 | |
| Anecdotes | Napoleon: Just Deserts? | After his ill-fated invasion of Russia in 1812, Napoleon, alarmed by unrest at home, left his army in the lurch and... | Anonymous | 16 |
