portrait of Napoleon

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[center]Napoleon Crossing the St. Bernard
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. n  r: w& C) O% s: V7 {* [This painting by Jacque Louis David depicts Napoleon in his famous crossing of the Alps. It took two years to finish, 1800 to 1801.  t% E8 k  S' ~) d8 G2 T3 C$ S6 i
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Like most of David's portraits of Napoleon, this was a propaganda piece. Napoleon actually crossed the Alps on a mule because mules have better balance and traction, are lower to the ground, and do better in cold weather.
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[ Last edited by tai1980 on 2005-3-3 at 06:38 AM ]

月月鳥

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tai1980

Originally posted by 月月鳥 at 2005-3-4 07:11 PM:
' O# |5 _: w$ ?% J 我今日聽書話d科學家驗出拿破倫d hair含) i- q% @# ~7 k! y$ E6 G
有'呸傷'1 B; P/ z7 [& }! S& B
即係拿破倫ng係病死

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u are right , his food was poisoned by the british